Book Review // On Solitude by Michel de Montaigne.

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[unofficialdear]

Hahaha the farts thing sounds very interesting. :P Also, where did your start system go?

[booksandquills]

@unofficialdear I decided to stop the star rating because it was very difficult and didn't really match with the rest of the review. BUT if you really want to see the star rating you can click on the GoodReads link.

[themissingn]

It sounds like a good place to start if you're new to essays, or just like essays. We were also taught in school that Montaigne was the father of the essay. I think it's interesting how a lot of languages have two words with the same meaning - loneliness and solitude - but where one is positive, and the other negative.

Do you speak French, or not at all?

[booksandquills]

@themissingn I speak a little bit of French (I'm slightly better at reading it).

[barnettbeans]

I would marry you in a heartbeat. 

[tetsubo57]

I put the myth of Solitude into the same category as Utopia. Unobtainable and far from practical. Having to live completely on one's own is a monumental task that few are capable of achieving. But it does have a certain romantic draw.

Someone once gave a metaphor for the 'relocation cure'. If you put an ass in a crate and ship it to a new place, it is the same ass upon arrival.

[yunuenrodriguez2]

So, what about Solitude? All i heard was about other books and what people criticize.

[marionhoney]

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[RyanMurphyTube]

Double also, are you single..? Because I've just been looking through some of your other videos and it feels like you've basically made each video for me... haha! Just joking, you are great though, keep it up! :)

[RyanMurphyTube]

Also, for solitude and self reliance you should check out both Thoreau and Emerson.

[RyanMurphyTube]

Underlining sentences, paragraphs, even pages in books is the best thing ever! Are you one of those people that smells books too..? Are you a book smeller, because only book smellers know what other book smellers know about books and smelling them... :D

[kookerama]

utopia is enjoyable and interesting. hope you enjoy it!

also, i read montaigne for school and have been wanting to reread it... for me this time. i can't wait!

[JoyPhilpp44]

that quote on traveling to escape yourself might be exactly what i needed to hear right now... :/ i still want to do it tho. even if for the wrong reasons!

[alexisrivard]

I love the Great Ideas books. My favourite has to be Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women. It's an essay that was published in the 18th century so it's pretty dry but Wollstonecraft writes about problems that society still faces today and suggest ways we can fix them. If you enjoy reading essays (and have time to really think about it) I suggest reading it. I'm a feminist so I was naturally drawn to it but I think everyone should read it.