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How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing
How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing | Michel de Montaigne
5 posts | 6 read | 1 reading | 2 to read
'No one characteristic clasps us purely and universally in its embrace.' Glittering essays by the Renaissance master of the form, exploring contradictions in human thoughts and actions.
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TCLinrow
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Mehso-so

Interesting enough, I guess, but it frustrated me with how many quotes Montaigne used... it felt more like a collection of quotes than a series of essays! The quotes were all printed in their original language with a translation underneath which was helpful but annoying for me at least.

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ju.ca.no
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Pickpick

This was an entertaining read - a few random essays about human emotions. For a lot of his ideas he adds examples, short stories that happend to one person or the other, which made his remarks much more easy going and fun to read! 3/5⭐️

BiblioLitten Lovely picture 💕 4y
Tanisha_A Oh this picture is so serene. 🙂 4y
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Naz786
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Panpan

🌟/5

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Katiesbookishlife
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So close, just have to find some short books to get me there, or finish the dozen or so books that I am halfway through 😂

Eggs You can do this!!! 6y
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Brie
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Pickpick

Short essays on the contradictions of human nature from a Renaissance-era essayist, the popularizer of the genre.