Didn't agree with everything he wrote, and wasn't interested in everything he wrote, but I enjoyed reading Kenkō's thoughts regardless. I've had Essays in Idleness on my TBR for years now, can't decide if this was enough for me or if I will pick up the full edition - maybe in a few years when I have some distance from this sampling. It is always amazing to read old texts and find yourself confronted with how little humans change through the centuries. (Heartening? Disheartening? Yes.)