Essays, book 3: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Essays, book 3, credited to Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Essays, book 3 by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre. He is also known as the father of Modern Skepticism. His pieces became famous for his apparent effortless ability to merge serious intellectual speculation with casual anecdotes and autobiography. His main work, Essais (translated literally as "Attempts" but traditionally as "Essays"), contains some of the still most widely influential essays ever written. This is the third volume of that important work. (Summary adapted from the Wikipedia by Leni)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Essays, book 3
• Author credits: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 35
• Combined MP3 track duration: 20:31:02

Catalogue topics

• philosophy, non-fiction
• short works

Opening tracks: first 24 of 35

1. 01 - OF PROFIT AND HONESTY, part 1 — 25:15
2. 02 - OF PROFIT AND HONESTY, part 2 — 25:42
3. 03 - OF REPENTANCE, part 1 — 25:51
4. 04 - OF REPENTANCE, part 2 — 23:43
5. 05 - OF THREE COMMERCES — 50:30
6. 06 - OF DIVERSION — 34:41
7. 07 - UPON SOME VERSES OF VIRGIL, part 1 — 34:54
8. 08 - UPON SOME VERSES OF VIRGIL, part 2 — 36:44
9. 09 - UPON SOME VERSES OF VIRGIL, part 3 — 27:30
10. 10 - UPON SOME VERSES OF VIRGIL, part 4 — 37:45
11. 11 - UPON SOME VERSES OF VIRGIL, part 5 — 31:26
12. 12 - UPON SOME VERSES OF VIRGIL, part 6 — 26:46
13. 13 - OF COACHES, part 1 — 38:41
14. 14 - OF COACHES, part 2 — 21:58
15. 15 - OF THE INCONVENIENCE OF GREATNESS — 17:00
16. 16 - OF THE ART OF CONFERENCE, part 1 — 48:35
17. 17 - OF THE ART OF CONFERENCE, part 2 — 45:34
18. 18 - OF VANITY, part 1 — 37:08
19. 19 - OF VANITY, part 2 — 38:49
20. 20 - OF VANITY, part 3 — 41:53
21. 21 - OF VANITY, part 4 — 40:41
22. 22 - OF VANITY, part 5 — 39:46
23. 23 - OF VANITY, part 6 — 30:54
24. 24 - OF MANAGING THE WILL, part 1 — 40:01

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