" This collection is the source of the oft-quoted ideas "Saying is one thing, doing is another," and "What I fear most is fear."
In a chapter of this collection, the author informs us that there have only been five Platos and eight Aristotles in the historical record. This collection relates an anecdote about a ninety year-old woman who, at the peak of her happiness, drinks a bowl of poison to commit suicide, in its chapter "A custom of the isle of Cea." This collection is the source of the oft-quoted ideas "Saying is one thing, doing is another," and "What I fear most is fear." Its author relates a grisly incident in which his own brother perished after being struck above the ear by a (*) tennis ball. A more famous writing in this collection exults the honesty, virtue, and simple living of South Americans, but chides them for not wearing trousers. The author of this collections states that his personal motto is "What do I know," in the section "An Apology for Raymond Sebond." The title of one of these writings claims that "to study philosophy is to learn to die." For 10 points, name this collection, whose title is French for "attempts," with which Michel de Montaigne invented a new nonfiction genre.
In a chapter of this collection, the author informs us that there have only been five Platos and eight Aristotles in the historical record.
essays