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Ch 56 of prayers
about the reformation and providing the holy Gospel in the common vernacular, Montagne holds that it does not improve mankind’s lot – if they didn’t understand it before why would they understand it now?
I disagree : making it more available can only bring about good. He leaves out the possibility of God working in the reader’s life and understanding.
— Nov 10, 2025 04:21AM
about the reformation and providing the holy Gospel in the common vernacular, Montagne holds that it does not improve mankind’s lot – if they didn’t understand it before why would they understand it now?
I disagree : making it more available can only bring about good. He leaves out the possibility of God working in the reader’s life and understanding.
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Jeffrey
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There is nothing certain, but uncertainty, and nothing more miserable or arrogant than man.
– Pliny
— Mar 07, 2026 01:55PM
– Pliny
Jeffrey
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Ch 117
The senses - he argues /“quotes” they are end all and be all of knowledge. But since we cannot smell justice i do not hold this position.
Intriguing he also speculates about senses unknown to us, citing animals that are missing a sense , maybe we are missing something beyond the basic 5. I definitely believe that our 5 senses cannot possibly define the entirety of existence.
— Feb 17, 2026 05:09AM
The senses - he argues /“quotes” they are end all and be all of knowledge. But since we cannot smell justice i do not hold this position.
Intriguing he also speculates about senses unknown to us, citing animals that are missing a sense , maybe we are missing something beyond the basic 5. I definitely believe that our 5 senses cannot possibly define the entirety of existence.
Jeffrey
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Ch 114
I prefer facts to reason - Montaigne
What we have at hand always seems best of all – loquacious loquacious good grief, Lucretius
— Feb 02, 2026 04:02AM
I prefer facts to reason - Montaigne
What we have at hand always seems best of all – loquacious loquacious good grief, Lucretius
Jeffrey
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If i am a man of some reading , i am a man also of no rentitiveness. - Montaigne
Haha feel ya brother
— Nov 30, 2025 03:16PM
Haha feel ya brother
Jeffrey
is 36% done
“ there is as much difference from us to ourselves as there is in us to others”
chapter about mans inconsistance.
— Nov 15, 2025 04:30AM
chapter about mans inconsistance.
