Essays

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1. rramadassDec 2024
   A good edition to own is the beautiful hardcover edition published by Everyman's Library titled Michel de Montaigne The Complete Works Essays Travel journal Letters and translated by Donald Frame - http://www.everymanslibrary.co.uk/classics-author.aspx?lette...
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2. frereubuMar 2024
   There's a fantastic series of podcasts on great essays by David Runciman from the London Review of Books, which aren't always the ones you'd expect given the authors:

   Michel de Montaigne, "Essays": https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/history-o...

   David Hume, "Of Public Credit:": https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/history-o...

   David Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience": https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/history-o...

   Virginia Woolf, "A Room of One’s Own": https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/history-o...

   George Orwell, "The Lion and the Unicorn": https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/history-o...

   Simone Weil, "Human Personality": https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/history-o...

   James Baldwin, "Notes of a Native Son": https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/history-o...

   Susan Sontag, "Against Interpretation": https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/history-o...

   Joan Didion, "The White Album": https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/history-o...

   David Foster Wallace, "Up, Simba!": https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/history-o...

   Umberto Eco, "Thoughts on Wikileaks": https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/history-o...

   Ta-Nehisi Coates, "The Case for Reparations": https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/history-o...

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3. hazeiiFeb 2024
   Named after Michel de Montaigne? [0] His Essays are well worth a read - could reasonably claim to be the first blog.

   [0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne

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4. karaterobotMay 2023
   Montaigne is one of my favorites. Essays old enough that Shakespeare read them, but still totally approachable today (or, at least the translation I read was).
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5. rramadassMay 2023
   You should checkout Michel De Montaigne The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters published under Everyman's Library Classics (hardcover edition).
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6. noudOct 2022
   Essays from Michel de Montaigne.

   I enjoy reading the opinions of de Montaigne. He writes in a pleasant, easy, and funny way. Moreover, it gives you an interesting view on how people in the 16th century thought.

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