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A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it… more

“Did you ever think how ‘radical’ it would be if this Pier didn’t stop here, but just kept going on and on, connecting lands, kingdoms … whole worlds?” Melody was surprised by the question. She didn’t know how to respond—and it seemed, oddl… more

Translated by Charles Cotton, edited by William Carew Hazlitt Essays — The book is a collection of a large number of short subjective treatments of various topics published in 1580. Montaigne’s stated goal is to describe man, and especiall… more

“When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep. And when Iam walking alone in a beautiful orchard, if my thoughtsare sometimes preoccupied elsewhere, the rest of the time Ibring them back to the walk, to the orchard, to the sweetnessof this … more

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The complete essays, translated by Charles Cotton (1630-1687) and edited by William Hazlitt. From the Preface: “This great French writer deserves to be regarded as a classic, not only in the land of his birth, but in all countries and in al… more

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world.   Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, and rumors o… more

Great Books is inspired by a curriculum and a book list, as well as a method of education. Mortimer Adler lists three criteria for including a book on the list:1. the book has contemporary significance; that is, it has relevance to the prob… more

The 1674 first edition of The Compleat Gamester is attributed to Cotton (by publishers of later editions, to which additional, post-Cotton material was added in 1709 and 1725, along with some updates to the rules Cotton had described earlie… more

“This is one of the few books on Montaigne that fuses analytical skill with humane awareness of why Montaigne matters.”& mdash;Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities, Yale University”In this exhilarating and learned book on Montaign… more

The world is full of ideas and there is no better way to capture an idea’s presence than with an inspiring quote. All of us love a good quote. A great quote is to our linguistic senses what music is to our ears. Many individuals have remark… more

Montaigne wrote in a kind of crafted rhetoric designed to intrigue and involve the reader, sometimes appearing to move in a stream-of-thought from topic to topic and at other times employing a structured style which gives more emphasis to t… more

Montaigne’s stated goal in his book is to describe man, and especially himself, with utter frankness. He finds the great variety and volatility of human nature to be its most basic features. A typical quote is “I have never seen a greater m… more

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Michel de Montaigne (1533-92) is principally known today as a literary figure—the inventor of the modern essay and the pioneer of autobiographical self-exploration who retired from politics in midlife to write his private, philosophical, a… more

Translated by Charles Cotton, edited by William Carew Hazlitt Essays — The book is a collection of a large number of short subjective treatments of various topics published in 1580. Montaigne’s stated goal is to describe man, and especiall… more

Montaigne’s stated goal in his book is to describe man, and especially himself, with utter frankness. He finds the great variety and volatility of human nature to be its most basic features. A representative quote is “I have never seen a gr… more