Alexander
In the Essays of Michel de Montaigne
Alexander the Great was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty. Born in Pella in 356 BCE, he succeeded his father Philip II to the throne at the age of 20. He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa, and by the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from Greece to northwestern India.
- Book 1 · Chapter 1 · ¶ 9
By Various Ways We Arrive at the Same End - Book 1 · Chapter 1 · ¶ 11
By Various Ways We Arrive at the Same End - Book 1 · Chapter 6 · ¶ 9
The Dangerous Hour of Parley - Book 1 · Chapter 14 · ¶ 41
That the Taste of Good and Bad Things Depends Mostly on the Opinion We Have of Them - Book 1 · Chapter 44 · ¶ 2
On Sleep - Book 1 · Chapter 44 · ¶ 4
On Sleep - Book 1 · Chapter 48 · ¶ 6
On War Horses - Book 1 · Chapter 48 · ¶ 40
On War Horses - Book 1 · Chapter 50 · ¶ 3
On Democritus and Heraclitus - Book 1 · Chapter 55 · ¶ 1
On Smells - Book 2 · Chapter 1 · ¶ 27
On the Inconstancy of Our Actions - Book 2 · Chapter 3 · ¶ 49
A Custom of the Isle of Cea - Book 2 · Chapter 8 · ¶ 57
On the Affection of Fathers to Their Children - Book 2 · Chapter 9 · ¶ 5
On the Arms of the Parthians - Book 2 · Chapter 12 · ¶ 110
Apology for Raymond Sebond - Book 2 · Chapter 18 · ¶ 1
On Giving the Lie - Book 2 · Chapter 19 · ¶ 3
On Liberty of Conscience - Book 2 · Chapter 19 · ¶ 5
On Liberty of Conscience - Book 2 · Chapter 29 · ¶ 14
On Virtue - Book 2 · Chapter 34 · ¶ 1
Observation on the Means to Carry on a War According to Julius Caesar - Book 2 · Chapter 34 · ¶ 19
Observation on the Means to Carry on a War According to Julius Caesar - Book 2 · Chapter 34 · ¶ 21
Observation on the Means to Carry on a War According to Julius Caesar - Book 2 · Chapter 34 · ¶ 33
Observation on the Means to Carry on a War According to Julius Caesar - Book 2 · Chapter 36 · ¶ 13
On the Most Excellent Men - Book 2 · Chapter 36 · ¶ 16
On the Most Excellent Men - Book 2 · Chapter 36 · ¶ 21
On the Most Excellent Men - Book 2 · Chapter 36 · ¶ 25
On the Most Excellent Men - Book 2 · Chapter 36 · ¶ 27
On the Most Excellent Men