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“For likewise these are my humors and opinions; I offer them as what I believe, not what is to be believed. I aim here only at revealing myself, who will perhaps be different tomorrow, if I learn something new which changes me. I have no authority to be believed, nor do I want it, feeling myself too ill-instructed to instruct others.” (p. 132)
— Jul 27, 2021 07:38AM
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Frank
is on page 81 of 1344
The essay “That to philosophize is to learn to die” is a rhetorical tour de force expounding his personal form of Stoicism. I will be returning to this one many times. It is amazing how much Montaigne’s writing feels like an intimate conversation with the man.
— Jul 08, 2021 08:31AM
Frank
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“External circumstances take their savor and color from the inner constitution.” (p. 55)
Essay: That the taste of good and evil depends on our opinion of them
— Jul 05, 2021 09:27AM
Essay: That the taste of good and evil depends on our opinion of them
