Montaigne Essays - Penguin Classics Author:Michel de Montaigne Essays translated from the French to the English by the respected J.M. Cohen who also wrote the Introduction. This book was originally published in 1958; this is the 1993 printing. — Montaigne (1533-1592) was a famous & influential French essayist. — 26 of his essays are included in this collection: — 1) That our actions should be j... more »udged by our intentions
2) On Idleness
3) On Liars
4) That no man should be called happy until after his death
5) On the power of the imagination
6) That one man's profit is another's loss
7) On the education of children
8) That it is folly to measure truth and error by our own capacity
9) On friendship
10) On Cannibals
11) On the custom of wearing clothes
12) On the uncertainty of our judgement
13) On Democritus and Heraclitus
14) On Smells
15) On the affection of fathers for their children