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On Solitude - Penguin Great Ideas
Michel de Montaigne
Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker and writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay. This selection contains his idiosyncratic writings on subjects as varied as the virtues of solitude, the power of the imagination, the pleasures of reading, and the importance of sleep.
144 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 27, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780141043852 |
| Publishers | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Pages | 144 |
| Dimensions | 111 × 178 × 10 mm · 90 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Screech, M. A. |
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