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Selected essays of Michel de Montaigne by William Hazlitt, Charles Cotton, Michel de Montaigne
mzoli's review against another edition
1.0
راستش اصلا خوشم نیومد. اکثر سرفصل‌ها خیلی حوصله سَربَر بود با کش دادن‌های زیاد.
قبلا جملات یا پاراگراف‌ها کوتاهی از مونتی دیده بودم که من رو جذب کرده بودن. الان نظرم بر این هست که در همون حد نقل قول و یک پاراگراف نوشته‌هاش خوبن.
به نظرم مونتی مقدار قابل توجهی نوشته که قسمت‌های کمیش جالب و خوب هستن. بقیه هم همون‌ها رو جدا کردن. اون‌ها باعث شدن من برم سراغ اصل نوشته‌هاش که دیدم اصلا جالب نیستن.
قبلا جملات یا پاراگراف‌ها کوتاهی از مونتی دیده بودم که من رو جذب کرده بودن. الان نظرم بر این هست که در همون حد نقل قول و یک پاراگراف نوشته‌هاش خوبن.
به نظرم مونتی مقدار قابل توجهی نوشته که قسمت‌های کمیش جالب و خوب هستن. بقیه هم همون‌ها رو جدا کردن. اون‌ها باعث شدن من برم سراغ اصل نوشته‌هاش که دیدم اصلا جالب نیستن.
thomp649's review against another edition
3.0
I bought this edition/translation of [b:Montaigne: Essays|30733|Montaigne Essays|Michel de Montaigne|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1614752764l/30733._SY75_.jpg|79408950] off a sale table. It was fine for my purposes, but the [a:J.M. Cohen|592001|J.M. Cohen|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] translation and selection is more than a half century old. I think I will probably get around to reading a more complete version of this work if I live long enough. My three star rating reflects this particular edition, rather than an opinion on the Essays, as a philosophical work.
As for Montaigne's essays themselves, you read them because you like to read philosophical essays, because you have some interest in 16th century Europe, or because someone told you had to. This third reason is the worst reason, but we all have to do what we have to do. The book has been around for 500 years, and there are already reviews on Goodreads that would give you a pretty good idea of what to expect. One advantage of reading an editor's selection from Montaigne's Essays rather than attempting to pick and choose for yourself is that the titles he gave to each essay are often quite misleading, at least as far as a 21st century reader's perspective would be concerned. I am not a reviewer with enough familiarity to have an opinion about Cohen's choices, but I will say that none of them bored me.
As for Montaigne's essays themselves, you read them because you like to read philosophical essays, because you have some interest in 16th century Europe, or because someone told you had to. This third reason is the worst reason, but we all have to do what we have to do. The book has been around for 500 years, and there are already reviews on Goodreads that would give you a pretty good idea of what to expect. One advantage of reading an editor's selection from Montaigne's Essays rather than attempting to pick and choose for yourself is that the titles he gave to each essay are often quite misleading, at least as far as a 21st century reader's perspective would be concerned. I am not a reviewer with enough familiarity to have an opinion about Cohen's choices, but I will say that none of them bored me.
giuliabrav_oh's review against another edition
i read: of the force of imagination, of cannibals and of the most excellent men
bmip666's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
decembera's review against another edition
Read for class. Interesting, if not all agreeable, but probably won't be reading the rest.
lizbusby's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting stuff. Took me a while to get used to all the Greek and Roman examples.
maxgardner's review against another edition
3.0
I only read 3 1/2 essays from this but I really enjoyed all three. They were hard to follow at times but very thought provoking.
"On Educating Children"
"On Coaches"
"On Cannibals"
"On Experience" (1/2 of this essay)
"On Educating Children"
"On Coaches"
"On Cannibals"
"On Experience" (1/2 of this essay)