Book detail: Essays of Montaigne, tr. by C. Cotton; rev. by W. C. Hazlett [! is presented as a focused source page for quotations connected with this book, collection, transcript, or source record.
This book is a collection of essays by Michel de Montaigne, a French Renaissance philosopher, writer, and statesman. The essays, which were first published in French, explore a wide range of topics, including human nature, morality, and the art of living. The English translation by Charles Cotton and the revisions by William Carew Hazlett aim to make Montaigne's work accessible to English-speaking readers.
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