of countering it if that had been the only factor, since al… - Michel de Montaigne

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of countering it if that had been the only factor, since all non-rational inborn tendencies are a kind of disease which ought to be fought against.

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Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem, lord of the manor of Montaigne, Dordogne) (28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592) was an influential French Renaissance writer, generally considered to be the inventor of the personal essay.

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Alternative Names: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne • Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha • Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha

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We must not attach knowledge to the mind, we have to incorporate it there.

The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.

The first law that ever God gave to man was a law of pure obedience; it was a commandment naked and simple, wherein man had nothing to inquire after, nor to dispute; forasmuch as to obey is the proper office of a rational soul, acknowledging a heavenly superior and benefactor.

of countering it if that had been the only factor, since all non-rational inborn tendencies are a kind of disease which ought to be fought against. - Michel de Montaigne

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