Table of Contents
Charles Cotton’s 1685 Translation
Book 1
- 1 That Men by various Ways arrive at the same end
- 2 Of Sorrow
- 3 That our Affections carry themselves beyond us
- 4 That the Soul discharges her Passions upon false Objects, where the true are wanting
- 5 Whether the Governour of a place besieg’d, ought himself to go out to parley
- 6 That the Hour of Parly is dangerous
- 7 That the Intention Is Judge of Our Actions
- 8 Of Idleness
- 9 Of Lyers
- 10 Of quick or slow Speech
- 11 Of Prognostications
- 12 Of Constancy
- 13 The Ceremony of the Interview of Princes
- 14 That Men are justly punish’d for being obstinate in the Defence of a Fort that is not in reason to be defended
- 15 On the Punishment of Cowardice
- 16 A Proceeding of some Ambassadors
- 17 Of Fear
- 18 That Men Are Not to Judge of Our Happiness till after Death
- 19 That to Study Philosopy Is to Learn to Die
- 25 Of the Education of Children
- 30 Of Cannibals
- 40 That 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 1685 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.