Table of Contents
John Florio’s 1603 Translation
Book 1
- 1 By diverse meanes men come unto a like end
- 2 Of Sadnesse or Sorrowe
- 3 Our affections are transported beyond our selves
- 4 How the soule dischargeth her passions upon false objects, when the true faile it
- 5 Whether the Captaine of a place besieged ought to salie forth to parlie
- 6 That the houre of parlies is dangerous
- 7 That our intention judgeth our actions
- 8 Of Idlenesse
- 9 Of Lyers
- 10 Of readie or slowe speach
- 11 Of Prognostications
- 12 Of Constancie
- 13 Of Ceremonies in the interview of Kings
- 14 Men are punished by too-much opiniating themselves in a place without reason
- 15 Of the punishment of Cowardise
- 16 A tricke of certaine Ambassadors
- 17 Of feare
- 18 That we should not judge of our happinesse, untill after our death
- 19 That to Philosophie, is to learne how to die
- 20 Of the force of imagination
- 21 The profit of one man is the domage of an other
- 22 Of custome, and how a received law should not easily be changed
- 23 Divers events from one selfe same counsell
- 24 Of Pedantisme
- 25 Of the institution and education of Children
- 26 It is follie to referre Truth or Falsehood to our sufficiencie
- 27 Of Friendship
- 28 Nine and twentie Sonnets of Steven de la Boetie
- 29 Of Moderation
- 30 Of the Caniballes
- 31 That a man ought soberly to meddle with judging of divine lawes
- 32 To avoyde voluptuousnesse in regarde of life
- 33 That fortune is often times met withall in pursuite of reason
- 34 Of a defect in our policies
- 35 Of the use of Apparell
- 36 Of Cato the yonger
- 37 How we weepe and laugh at one selfe-same thing
- 38 Of Solitarinesse
- 39 A consideration upon Cicero
- 40 That the taste of goods or evilles doth greatly depend on the opinion we have of them
- 41 That a man should not communicate his glorie
- 42 Of the inequalitie that is betweene us
- 43 Of sumptuarie Lawes, or Lawes for moderating of expences
- 44 Of sleeping
- 45 Of the battell of Dreux
- 46 Of Names
- 47 Of the uncertaintie of our judgement
- 48 Of Steedes, called in French Destriers
- 49 Of ancient customs
- 50 Of Democritus and Heraclitus
- 51 Of the vanitie of Wordes
- 52 Of the parcimony of our Forefathers
- 53 Of a saying of Cæsar
- 54 Of vaine subtilties, or subtill devises
- 55 Of smells and odors
- 56 Of Praiers and Orisons
- 57 Of Age
Book 2
- 1 Of the inconstancie of our actions
- 2 Of Drunkennesse
- 3 A custome of the Ile of Cea
- 4 To morrow is a new day
- 5 Of Conscience
- 6 Of exercise or practise
- 7 Of the recompences or rewards of Honour
- 8 Of the affection of fathers to their children
- 9 Of the Parthians Armes
- 10 Of Bookes
- 11 Of Crueltie
- 12 An Apologie of Raymond Sebond
- 13 Of judging of others death
- 14 How that our spirit hindereth it selfe
- 15 That our desires are encreased by difficultie
- 16 Of Glory
- 17 Of Presumption
- 18 Of giving the lie
- 19 Of the liberty of Conscience
- 20 We taste nothing purely
- 21 Against idlenesse, or doing nothing
- 22 Of running Posts, or Curriers
- 23 Of bad meanes emploied to a good end
- 24 Of the Romane greatnesse
- 25 How a man should not counterfeit to be sicke
- 26 Of Thumbs
- 27 Cowardize, the Mother of Crueltie
- 28 All things have their season
- 29 Of Vertue
- 30 Of a monstrous Childe
- 31 Of anger and choller
- 32 A defence of Seneca and Plutarke
- 33 The History of Spurina
- 34 Observations concerning the meanes to warre after the maner of Julius Cæsar
- 35 Of three good Women
- 36 Of the worthiest and most excellent men
- 37 Of the resemblance betweene children and fathers
Book 3
- 1 Of profit and honesty
- 2 Of Repenting
- 3 Of three commerces or societies
- 4 Of diverting and diversions
- 5 Upon some verses of Virgill
- 6 Of Coaches
- 7 Of the incommoditie of greatnesse
- 8 Of the Arte of conferring
- 9 Of Vanitie
- 10 How one ought to governe his will
- 11 Of the Lame or Cripple
- 12 Of Phisiognomy
- 13 Of Experience
This is the table of contents of John Florio’s 1603 translation of Michel de Montaigne’s Essays.
The table of contents of other editions is also available, including that of Charles Cotton’s 1685 translation, HyperEssays’s ongoing translation, and the 1598 Middle French edition.