{"product_id":"what-do-i-know-essential-essays","title":"What Do I Know?: Essential Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fresh new translation of Michel de Montaigne's most profound, searching essays, with an introduction from Yiyun Li, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Goose\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis gift-worthy collection of 16 essays by \"the father of the essay\" is a short, accessible introduction to his work, offering a fascinating glimpse inside a great Renaissance mind \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I myself am the subject of my book.\" So wrote Montaigne in the introductory note to his \u003ci\u003eEssays\u003c\/i\u003e, the book that marked the birth of the modern essay form. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn works of probing intelligence and idiosyncratic observation, Montaigne moved from intimate personal observation to roving theories of the conduct of kings and cannibals, the effects of sorrow and fear, and the fallibility of human memory and judgement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new selection of Montaigne's 16 most ingenious essays appears in a lucid new translation by the prize-winning David Coward. \u003ci\u003eWhat Do I Know?\u003c\/i\u003e gives the modern reader profound insight into a great Renaissance mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Do I Know? \u003c\/i\u003eis divided into 3 sections and includes: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMONTAIGNE ON MONTAIGNE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOn Sorrow, On how our Actions are to be judged by the Intention, On Idling, On Liars, That we should not be considered happy until we are dead\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eON THE PURSUIT OF REASON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOn Fear, To tell true from false, it is folly to rely on our own capacities, How we can cry and laugh at the same thing, On Solitude, On the Uncertainty of our Judgement, On Drunkenness\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eON GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNORS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOn Cannibals, On the Inequality that exists between us, On Sleep, On our lease of life, On Carriages\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Yiyun Li, Michel de Montaigne, David Coward","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47285907226860,"sku":"9781782278818","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47285907259628,"sku":"9781782278832","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781782278818.jpg?v=1770426358","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/what-do-i-know-essential-essays","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}