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Introduction ix (13)
Note on the Text xxii (1)
The Annotations xxiii(2)
Note on the Translation xxv (1)
Explanation of the Symbols xxvi
THE ESSAYS: A SELECTION To the Reader 3 (2)
BOOK I 5 (119)
1. We reach the same end by discrepant means 5 (4)
8. On idleness 9 (2)
16. On punishing cowardice 11 (2)
18. On fear 13 (4)
20. To philosophize is to learn how to die 17 (20)
26. On educating children 37 (37)
27. That it is madness to judge the true and 74 (5)
the false from our own capacities
31. On the Cannibals 79 (14)
32. Judgements on God's ordinances must be 93 (3)
embarked upon with prudence
39. On solitude 96 (13)
56. On prayer 109 (11)
57. On the length of life 120 (4)
BOOK II 124 (108)
1. On the inconstancy of our actions 124 (8)
2. On drunkenness 132 (11)
5. On conscience 143 (5)
8. On the affection of fathers for their 148 (21)
children
11. On cruelty 169 (17)
32. In defence of Seneca and Plutarch 186 (8)
35. On three good wives 194 (8)
37. On the resemblance of children to their 202 (30)
fathers
BOOK III 232 (195)
2. On repenting 232 (15)
3. On three kinds of social intercourse 247 (13)
5. On some lines of Virgil 260 (70)
6. On coaches 330 (21)
11. On the lame 351 (13)
13. On experience 364 (63)
Index 427 (19)
Summary of the Symbols 446

To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write. In the highly original essays that resulted he discussed themes such as fathers and children, conscience and cowardice, coaches and cannibals, and, above all, himself. On Some Lines of Virgil opens out into a frank discussion of sexuality and makes a revolutionary case for the equality of the sexes. In On Experience Montaigne superbly propounds his thoughts on the right way to live, while other essays touch on issues of an age struggling with religious and intellectual strife, with France torn apart by civil war. These diverse subjects are united by Montaigne's distinctive voice - that of a tolerant man, sceptical, humane, often humorous and utterly honest in his pursuit of the truth. M. A. Screech's distinguished translation fully retains the light-hearted and inquiring nature of the essays. In his introduction, he examines Montaigne's life and times, and the remarkable self-portrait that emerges from his works.