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Ideas of Michel de Montaigne, by Text
[French, 1533 - 1592, Born and died at Montaigne. Closely associated with the city of Bordeaux, of which he was Mayor.]
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1580
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I.7 Our deeds are judged by intention
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p.0028
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p.28
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7496
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Rules and duties are based on the will, as that is all we control
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p.27
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23122
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Montaigne was the founding father of liberalism [Gopnik]
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1580
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III.10 On Restraining your Will
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p.1139
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p.1139
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20479
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People at home care far more than soldiers risking death about the outcome of wars
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p.1142
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p.1142
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20480
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There is not much point in only becoming good near the end of your life
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p.1153
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p.1153
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20481
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Nothing we say can be worse than unsaying it in the face of authority
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p.1153
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p.1153
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20482
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Virtue inspires Stoics, but I want a good temperament
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p.1191
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p.1191
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7495
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Apart from the fear, dying is an easy duty
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1580
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Apology for Raymond Sebond
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p.0493
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p.493
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6258
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Virtue is the distinctive mark of truth, and its greatest product
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p.0562
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p.562
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6259
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Why can't a wise man doubt everything?
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p.0564
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p.564
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6260
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Sceptics say there is truth, but no means of making or testing lasting judgements
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p.0614
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p.614
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6261
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The soul is in the brain, as shown by head injuries
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p.0666
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p.666
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6262
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We lack some sense or other, and hence objects may have hidden features
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p.0672
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p.672
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6263
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No wisdom could make us comfortably walk a wide beam if it was high in the air
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p.276
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p.276
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We must fight fiercely to hang on to the few pleasures which survive into old age
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