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Considered the inventor of the essay itself, Michel de Montaigne published Essays (Essais, literally "Attempts") in 1850. Known for his skill at merging serious intellectual debate with personal anecdotes, his vast work collects together some of the most influential essays the world has ever seen, shaping the thoughts Blaise Pascal, Rene Descartes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Stefan Zweig, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Isaac Asimov among others. Montaigne stated that his aim in writing these works was to describe humankind, including himself, with complete frankness.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 1241 ● ISBN 9781775415862 ● Editor William Carew Hazlitt ● Translator Charles Cotton ● Publisher The Floating Press ● Published 2009 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2415146 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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