The complete Essays
by Screech, M. A., (Michael Andrew), Montaigne, Michel de
fromPenguin classics
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'I myself am the subject of my book: it is not reasonable that you should employ your leisure on a topic so frivolous and so vain' In 1572 Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and thinking. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'assay…