Essays

Plot

Book One of Montaigne's masterwork contain essays on the following: Of LiarsOf Quick of Slow SpeechOf IdlenessThat the Study of Philosophy is to Learn to DieOf the Education of ChildrenOf CannibalsThat We Laugh and Cry for the Same ThingOf the Uncertainty of Our JudgementOf Vain SubtletiesOf SmellsOf PrayersOf AgeOur life is part folly, part wisdom. Whoever writes about it only reverently and according to the rules leaves out more than half of it. -MontaigneThat such a man wrote has truly augmented the joy of living on this Earth.- Friedrich NietzscheRead Montaigne, he will calm you. -Gustave Flaubert