The Complete Essays of Montaigne Audiobook (Unabridged)

" The ramblings of a sixteenth-century thinker and reader on anything and everything. Good stuff. "

" Too much navel gazing to wade through to get to the nuggets of wisdom. Enjoyed the classical references and the occasional relevant thought. "

" Ok, to be honest, just read like a couple of essays for my lit. course. But he's a great author, and his essays are full of irony and political interest. "

" I am always reading from this, never finished, never from cover to cover, just dipping in periodically. This is one of my favorite philosophical and essayistic works. But I've finally at least finished this selection of his essays (probably about a third of his total). Loved it, and loved taking notes on it. Can't believe how much my temperament overlaps with such an insightful philosopher. "

" It's like receiving a dual degree in Practical Philosophy and Latin from the coolest professor ever. I wish I had read this 5 years ago. "

" Read To the Reader; I, 31 (Of Cannibals); II, 11 (Of Cruelty); III, 2 (Of Repentance); III, 13 (Of Experience). Lots more to read when I have time! "

" I think he was playing with his cat. "

" I don't think I read the essays in their entirety, but I did read his section on Education. "

" Pioneering prose. Huge impact on Emerson. "

" Montaigne is like a benevolent old man just waiting on his porch for you to join him with a mint julip. He has endless tokens of wisdom wrapped up in the silly, the bizarre, the quaint, the delightful! "

" I like Montaigne. I wish I could have dinner with the guy. "

" This is one of the few books that helped to open my mind and eyes! "

" This man speaks direct to my heart from four hundred years ago. Amazing. "

" Love Montaigne! He may have been writing centuries ago but his voice is so strong, you feel like he's speaking directly to you with a relevance some current writers should envy. "

" This is something to read again and again at different times. The later essays are the best, at the outset his essays are like school work - deferring to authority, but later he develops his own ideas and reactions. "

" Good, mischievous and simply thoughtful. "

" This is a wonderful book that I open at any time and always has a good advice for me. It is as a good friend that will always welcome you in to his house and talk about interesting things on demand. "

" This book is already an old friend: quirky, thoughtful, occasionally ridiculous, and endlessly well-meaning. It'll take me a while to read all the way through but I see no reason to hurry. "

" Love Montaigne! He may have been writing centuries ago but his voice is so strong, you feel like he's speaking directly to you with a relevance some current writers should envy. "

" Montaigne is like a benevolent old man just waiting on his porch for you to join him with a mint julip. He has endless tokens of wisdom wrapped up in the silly, the bizarre, the quaint, the delightful! "

" The first essayist, still without equal. "

" It's like receiving a dual degree in Practical Philosophy and Latin from the coolest professor ever. I wish I had read this 5 years ago. "

" The father of the essay form still commands respect! Brilliant, modest, the prototypical flaneur who gave up his social status as Mayor of Bordeaux to think and write. Highly recommended to read, and reread, keeping a copy by the bedside at all times. "

" A Lucidez é aínda a Virtude a ser procurada em tempos de cinismo e preguiça mental. Ler Montaigne é dar alento à melancolia saudável, a inteligência não dolorida pela tristeza. "

" Original leather bound Third Edition print from Cotton in London; published 1711 "