Michel de Montaigne

Montaigne: Vanity

Author

Montaigne meditates on travel, instability, desire for change and illusions of pride. The essay transforms personal experience into a free inquiry into the human condition.

• Philosophy

Montaigne: Essays (complete)

Author

In the Essays, Montaigne makes himself the subject of an exploration of the human being. Reading the Ancients, daily experience, scepticism and personal judgment make up a work in motion.

• Educational
• Philosophy