Table of Contents
Charles Cotton’s 1686 Translation
Book 1
- 1That Men by various Ways arrive at the same end
- 2Of Sorrow
- 3That our Affections carry themselves beyond us
- 4That the Soul discharges her Passions upon false Objects, where the true are wanting
- 5Whether the Governour of a place besieg’d, ought himself to go out to parley
- 6That the Hour of Parly is dangerous
- 7That the Intention Is Judge of Our Actions
- 8Of Idleness
- 9Of Lyers
- 10Of quick or slow Speech
- 11Of Prognostications
- 12Of Constancy
- 13The Ceremony of the Interview of Princes
- 14That Men are justly punish’d for being obstinate in the Defence of a Fort that is not in reason to be defended
- 15On the Punishment of Cowardice
- 16A Proceeding of some Ambassadors
- 17Of Fear
- 18That Men Are Not to Judge of Our Happiness till after Death
- 19That to Study Philosopy Is to Learn to Die
- 25Of the Education of Children
- 30Of Cannibals
- 40That the Relish for Goods, and Evils, does in great measure depend upon the opinion we have of them
This is the table of contents of Charles Cotton’s 1686 translation of Michel de Montaigne’s Essays.
The table of contents of other editions is also available, including that of HyperEssays’s ongoing translation, John Florio’s 1603 translation, and the 1598 Middle French edition.