Proficient in Latin even before he knew his own tongue, Montaigne received an unusual education. His whole life was spent in storing up his choice thoughts for our profit and pleasure. (Volume 32, Harvard Classics)
Michel de Montaigne born Feb. 28, 1533.
Introductory Note: Thomas Carlyle
Characteristics, by Thomas Carlyle
Introductory Note: Ben Jonson
The Alchemist (Act I), by Ben Jonson
Introductory Note: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Act I), by William Shakespeare
Introductory Note: Sir Thomas Malory
The Holy Grail (Book XIII, Ch. VII-XII), by Sir Thomas Malory
Introductory Note: Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote (Part I, Ch. VIII), by Miguel de Cervantes
Introductory Note: Sophocles
Antigone (Part I), by Sophocles
Introductory Note: Charles Darwin (#2)
The Voyage of the Beagle (Ch. X), by Charles Darwin
Introductory Note: Thomas à Kempis
The Imitation of Christ (Book II, Ch. IV-IX), by Thomas à Kempis
Introductory Note: Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy (Purgatory XXX-XXXII), by Dante Alighieri
Introductory Note: Herodotus
An Account of Egypt (Section 8 and 9), by Herodotus
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