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Literary and Philosophical Essays

by Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

59 chapters, about 147,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE 24,700 words
2. OF FRIENDSHIP 5,000 words
3. OF BOOKS 6,100 words
4. INTRODUCTORY NOTE 300 words
5. MONTAIGNE 6,100 words
6. WHAT IS A CLASSIC? 5,100 words
7. INTRODUCTORY NOTE 300 words
8. THE POETRY OF THE CELTIC RACES 1,000 words
9. I. 2,100 words
10. II 4,700 words
11. III 3,100 words
12. IV. 1,400 words
13. V. 1,500 words
14. VI. 4,900 words
15. INTRODUCTORY NOTE 1,000 words
16. 17 400 words
17. 22 300 words
18. 24 300 words
19. 26 400 words
20. 30 700 words
21. 39 100 words
22. 40 500 words
23. 48 1,300 words
24. 73 300 words
25. 75 800 words
26. 90 600 words
27. LETTER I. 600 words
28. LETTER II. 800 words
29. LETTER III. 1,000 words
30. LETTER IV. 1,200 words
31. LETTER V. 800 words
32. LETTER VI. 2,900 words
33. LETTER VII. 700 words
34. LETTER VIII. 900 words
35. LETTER IX. 1,600 words
36. LETTER X. 1,800 words
37. LETTER XI. 1,200 words
38. LETTER XII. 1,000 words
39. LETTER XIII. 1,100 words
40. LETTER XIV. 900 words
41. LETTER XV. 1,700 words
42. LETTER XVI. 1,100 words
43. LETTER XVII. 800 words
44. LETTER XVIII. 700 words
45. LETTER XIX 2,400 words
46. LETTER XXI. 700 words
47. LETTER XXII. 1,600 words
48. LETTER XXIII. 1,400 words
49. LETTER XXIV. 2,100 words
50. LETTER XXV. 1,400 words
51. LETTER XXVI. 2,200 words
52. LETTER XXVII. 2,900 words
53. INTRODUCTORY NOTE 300 words
54. PREFACE 2,300 words
55. FIRST SECTION 5,100 words
56. SECOND SECTION 15,500 words
57. THIRD SECTION 7,000 words
58. INTRODUCTORY NOTE 400 words
59. BYRON AND GOETHE 7,600 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Active intellect
• Chivalry
• Freedom
• Friendship
• Maxim (philosophy)

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