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¡°If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.¡± "¸¸¾à Á¦°¡ Á¦ Àڽſ¡ ´ëÇØ ´Ù¸¥ ¹æ½ÄÀ¸·Î ¸»ÇÑ´Ù¸é, ±×°ÍÀº Á¦°¡ Á¦ ÀÚ½ÅÀ» ´Ù¸¥ ¹æ½ÄÀ¸·Î º¸±â ¶§¹®ÀÔ´Ï´Ù."
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¡°I quote others only in order the better to express myself.¡± "Àú´Â Á¦ ÀÚ½ÅÀ» ´õ Àß Ç¥ÇöÇϱâ À§Çؼ¸¸ ´Ù¸¥ »ç¶÷µéÀ» ÀοëÇÕ´Ï´Ù."
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¡°To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility in our conduct. Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately. All other things, ruling, hoarding, building, are only little appendages and props, at most.¡± "¿ì¸®ÀÇ ¼º°Ý(character)À» ±¸¼ºÇÏ´Â °ÍÀº ÁýÇÊÀÌ ¾Æ´Ñ ¿ì¸®ÀÇ Àǹ«¿ä, ÀüÅõ¿Í ¿µÅä°¡ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó ½Â¸®ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ ¿ì¸®ÀÇ Àǹ«¿ä, ¿ì¸® ÇൿÀÇ Áú¼¿Í Æò¿ÂÇÔÀÌ ¿ì¸®ÀÇ Àǹ«ÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ¿ì¸®ÀÇ À§´ëÇÏ°í ¿µ±¤½º·¯¿î °ÉÀÛÀº ¿Ã¹Ù¸£°Ô »ç´Â °ÍÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ÅëÄ¡, »çÀç±â, °ÇÃà µî ´Ù¸¥ ¸ðµç °ÍµéÀº ±â²¯ÇØ¾ß ÀÛÀº ºÎ·Ï°ú ¼ÒÇ°ÀÏ »ÓÀÔ´Ï´Ù."
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¡°To begin depriving death of its greatest advantage over us, let us adopt a way clean contrary to that common one; let us deprive death of its strangeness, let us frequent it, let us get used to it; let us have nothing more often in mind than death... We do not know where death awaits us: so let us wait for it everywhere." "Á×À½ÀÇ °¡Àå Å« ÀÌÁ¡À» ¿ì¸®¿¡°Ô¼ »©¾Ñ±â ½ÃÀÛÇϱâ À§Çؼ, ¿ì¸®´Â ÀϹÝÀûÀÎ ¹æ¹ý°ú´Â ¹Ý´ë·Î ±ú²ýÇÑ ¹æ¹ýÀ» ÅÃÇսôÙ. Á×À½ÀÇ ±âÀÌÇÑ Á¡À» ¾ø¾Ö°í, ÀÚÁÖ ±× ±âÀÌÇÑ Á¡À» Á¦°ÅÇÏ°í, Àͼ÷ÇØÁöµµ·Ï ÇսôÙ. Á×À½º¸´Ù ´õ ÀÚÁÖ ¿°µÎ¿¡ µÎµµ·Ï ÇսôÙ." ¿ì¸®´Â Á×À½ÀÌ ¿ì¸®¸¦ ±â´Ù¸®°í ÀÖ´Â °÷À» ¾ËÁö ¸øÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ±×·¯´Ï ¾îµð¿¡¼³ª Á×À½ÀÌ ¿ì¸®¸¦ ±â´Ù¸®°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.¡±
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Preface
The Life of Montaigne
I.. To Monsieur de MONTAIGNE
II.. To Monseigneur, Monseigneur de MONTAIGNE.
III.. To Monsieur, Monsieur de LANSAC,
IV.. To Monsieur, Monsieur de MESMES, Lord of Roissy and Malassize, Privy
V.. To Monsieur, Monsieur de L¡¯HOSPITAL, Chancellor of France
VI.. To Monsieur, Monsieur de Folx, Privy Councillor, to the Signory of Venice.
VII.. To Mademoiselle de MONTAIGNE, my Wife.
VIII.. To Monsieur DUPUY,
IX.. To the Jurats of Bordeaux.
X.. To the same.
XI.. To the same.
XII..
XIII.. To Mademoiselle PAULMIER.
XIV.. To the KING, HENRY IV.
XV.. To the same.
XVI.. To the Governor of Guienne.
Book the First(1580)
I. That Men by Various Ways Arrive at the Same End
II. Of Sorrow
III. That Our Affections Carry Themselves Beyond Us
IV. That The Soul Expends Its Passions Upon False Objects
V. Whether the Governor Himself Go Out to Parley
VI. That The Hour Of Parley Dangerous
VII. That The Intention Is Judge Of Our Actions
VIII. Of Idleness
IX. Of Liars
X. Of Quick or Slow Speech
XI. Of Prognostications
XII. Of Constancy
XIII. The Ceremony of the Interview of Princes
XIV. That Men Are Justly Punished For Being Obstinate
XV. Of The Punishment of Cowardice
XVI. A Proceeding Of Some Ambassadors
XVII. Of Fear
XVIII. Not To Judge Of Our Happiness Till After Death
XIX. That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die
XX. Of the Force of Imagination
XXI. That The Profit Of One Man Is The Damage Of Another
XXII. Of Custom; We Should Not Easily Change a Law Received
XXIII. Various Events From The Same Counsel
XXIV. Of Pedantry
XXV. Of the Education of Children
XXVI. Folly to Measure Truth and Error by Our Own Capacity
XXVII. Of Friendship
XXVIII. Nine-and-Twenty Sonnets of Estienne de la Boetie
XXIX. Of Moderation
XXX. Of Cannibals
XXXI. That a Man is Soberly to Judge of the Divine Ordinances
XXXII. We Are To Avoid Pleasures, Even At The Expense Of Life
XXXIII. Fortune is often Observed to Act by the Rule of Reason
XXXIV. Of One Defect in Our Government
XXXV. Of The Custom Of Wearing Clothes
XXXVI. Of Cato the Younger
XXXVII. That we Laugh and Cry for the same thing
XXXVIII. Of Solitude
XXXIX. A Consideration Upon Cicero
XL. Relish for Good and Evil Depends Upon Our Opinion
XLI. Not to Communicate a Man's Honour
XLII. Of the Inequality Amongst Us
XLIII. Of Sumptuary Laws
XLIV. Of Sleep
XLV. Of the Battle of Dreux
XLVI. Of Names
XLVII. Of the Uncertainty of Our Judgment
XLVIII. Of War Horses, or Destrier
XLIX. Of Ancient Customs
L. Of Democritus and Heraclitus
LI. Of the Vanity of Words
LII. Of the Parsimony of the Ancients
LIII. Of a Saying of Caesar
LIV. Of Vain Subtleties
LV. Of Smells
LVI. Of Prayers
LVII. Of Age
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