Montaigne: Self, Doubt and Difference · Episode 3 of 3
The final part of our Montaigne reading series asks how we judge unfamiliar societies. Read Of Cannibals, Of Cruelty and Of Coaches alongside one another to examine custom, European violence, conquest and the limits of cultural comparison.
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Michel de Montaigne, Essays: Of Cannibals (I.31); Of Cruelty (II.11); Of Coaches (III.6).
Numbering follows Screech and Frame; online editions sometimes differ. Use the essay titles to locate the readings.
Read the complete Cotton-Hazlitt translation free at Project Gutenberg.
Audio chapters
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- 0:05 Who Gets Called Barbarous
- 1:04 Montaigne And France’s Violence
- 2:34 What “Of Cannibals” Argues
- 7:00 Relativism, Reason, And The Interpreter
- 10:19 Cruelty, Virtue, And Compassion
- 12:33 Conquest, Gold, And “Of Coaches”
- 14:36 Honour Versus Expedience In Politics
- 15:07 Nature, Difference, And A “Monstrous” Child
- 16:35 Reading Club Question And Farewell
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