Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 16

"Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 16" by Michel de Montaigne is a series of thoughtful essays from the 1500s that offer observations on how people act and how society functions.The collection starts with "Of Coaches," an essay where the writer looks at how travel affects how we behave and grow as a society. The author talks about the difficulties of traveling in different ways, liking riding horses better than riding in coaches or boats. This leads to conversations that are bigger than just travel, like how leaders are often too proud and how important transportation has been in wars in the past. The author tells stories from old times and shares things from their own life, capturing the complicated aspects of being human and what society expects from people, establishing a thoughtful mood for the rest of the essays.