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"We ought to judge the infinite power of Nature with more reverence and a greater recognition of our own ignorance and weakness."
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The present will soon be the past, never to be recalled.
- Lucretius
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- Lucretius
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From the introduction:
Montaigne knew that in the world of creation nothing ever is; it is only becoming; always shifting, changing, becoming. Yet Montaigne strove to follow the Delphic injunction, Know Thyself. He sought to discover the permanent strand in the transient, variegated flux of his experience and sensations, which alone gave continuity to his 'being' as Man.
— May 11, 2026 12:01PM
Montaigne knew that in the world of creation nothing ever is; it is only becoming; always shifting, changing, becoming. Yet Montaigne strove to follow the Delphic injunction, Know Thyself. He sought to discover the permanent strand in the transient, variegated flux of his experience and sensations, which alone gave continuity to his 'being' as Man.