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  1. A quotation from Montaigne

    The honor we receive from those who fear us is not honor.
     
    [L’honneur que nous recevons de ceux qui nous craignent, ce n’est pas honneur.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 42 (1.42), “Of the Inequality among Us [De l’inequalité qui est entre nous]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #acclaim #applause #celebration #coercion #esteem #fear #honor #praise #respect #salute #threat

  2. A quotation from Montaigne

    The honor we receive from those who fear us is not honor.
     
    [L’honneur que nous recevons de ceux qui nous craignent, ce n’est pas honneur.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 42 (1.42), “Of the Inequality among Us [De l’inequalité qui est entre nous]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #acclaim #applause #celebration #coercion #esteem #fear #honor #praise #respect #salute #threat

  3. A quotation from Montaigne

    The honor we receive from those who fear us is not honor.
     
    [L’honneur que nous recevons de ceux qui nous craignent, ce n’est pas honneur.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 42 (1.42), “Of the Inequality among Us [De l’inequalité qui est entre nous]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #acclaim #applause #celebration #coercion #esteem #fear #honor #praise #respect #salute #threat

  4. A quotation from Montaigne

    The honor we receive from those who fear us is not honor.
     
    [L’honneur que nous recevons de ceux qui nous craignent, ce n’est pas honneur.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 42 (1.42), “Of the Inequality among Us [De l’inequalité qui est entre nous]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #acclaim #applause #celebration #coercion #esteem #fear #honor #praise #respect #salute #threat

  5. A quotation from Montaigne

    The honor we receive from those who fear us is not honor.
     
    [L’honneur que nous recevons de ceux qui nous craignent, ce n’est pas honneur.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 42 (1.42), “Of the Inequality among Us [De l’inequalité qui est entre nous]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #acclaim #applause #celebration #coercion #esteem #fear #honor #praise #respect #salute #threat

  6. ...nous ne voulons
    rien librement,
    rien absoluëment,
    rien constamment.

    Montaigne ~ Essais II I

    Artur Paredes ~ Variações em Mi menor
    youtu.be/OLMUSuo5FeY?si=_fbhvS

    Photo Mue Studio

    #Bookstodon #Philosophy #Montaigne #Photography

  7. ...nous ne voulons
    rien librement,
    rien absoluëment,
    rien constamment.

    Montaigne ~ Essais II I

    Artur Paredes ~ Variações em Mi menor
    youtu.be/OLMUSuo5FeY?si=_fbhvS

    Photo Mue Studio

    #Bookstodon #Philosophy #Montaigne #Photography

  8. ...nous ne voulons
    rien librement,
    rien absoluëment,
    rien constamment.

    Montaigne ~ Essais II I

    Artur Paredes ~ Variações em Mi menor
    youtu.be/OLMUSuo5FeY?si=_fbhvS

    Photo Mue Studio

    #Bookstodon #Philosophy #Montaigne #Photography

  9. ...nous ne voulons
    rien librement,
    rien absoluëment,
    rien constamment.

    Montaigne ~ Essais II I

    Artur Paredes ~ Variações em Mi menor
    youtu.be/OLMUSuo5FeY?si=_fbhvS

    Photo Mue Studio

    #Bookstodon #Philosophy #Montaigne #Photography

  10. ...nous ne voulons
    rien librement,
    rien absoluëment,
    rien constamment.

    Montaigne ~ Essais II I

    Artur Paredes ~ Variações em Mi menor
    youtu.be/OLMUSuo5FeY?si=_fbhvS

    Photo Mue Studio

    #Bookstodon #Philosophy #Montaigne #Photography

  11. #newbook #fsu #filosofiaescienzeumane

    Michel de #Montaigne ci lasciò esattamente 434 anni fa. La sua opera più celebre, i #Saggi, è un viaggio itinerante attraverso le molteplici sfaccettature dell’essere umano, tanto “ondeggiante e vario” da non smettere mai di #meravigliare 🌊
    Nel suo volume, Montaleone lo ripercorre cercando di ricostruire il #pensiero del #filosofo su #amore, #politica e #conoscenza 🔎

    Link in #OpenAccess: 📖 libri.unimi.it/index.php/fsu/i

    @cultura

  12. #newbook #fsu #filosofiaescienzeumane

    Michel de #Montaigne ci lasciò esattamente 434 anni fa. La sua opera più celebre, i #Saggi, è un viaggio itinerante attraverso le molteplici sfaccettature dell’essere umano, tanto “ondeggiante e vario” da non smettere mai di #meravigliare 🌊
    Nel suo volume, Montaleone lo ripercorre cercando di ricostruire il #pensiero del #filosofo su #amore, #politica e #conoscenza 🔎

    Link in #OpenAccess: 📖 libri.unimi.it/index.php/fsu/i

    @cultura

  13. #newbook #fsu #filosofiaescienzeumane

    Michel de #Montaigne ci lasciò esattamente 434 anni fa. La sua opera più celebre, i #Saggi, è un viaggio itinerante attraverso le molteplici sfaccettature dell’essere umano, tanto “ondeggiante e vario” da non smettere mai di #meravigliare 🌊
    Nel suo volume, Montaleone lo ripercorre cercando di ricostruire il #pensiero del #filosofo su #amore, #politica e #conoscenza 🔎

    Link in #OpenAccess: 📖 libri.unimi.it/index.php/fsu/i

    @cultura

  14. #newbook #fsu #filosofiaescienzeumane

    Michel de #Montaigne ci lasciò esattamente 434 anni fa. La sua opera più celebre, i #Saggi, è un viaggio itinerante attraverso le molteplici sfaccettature dell’essere umano, tanto “ondeggiante e vario” da non smettere mai di #meravigliare 🌊
    Nel suo volume, Montaleone lo ripercorre cercando di ricostruire il #pensiero del #filosofo su #amore, #politica e #conoscenza 🔎

    Link in #OpenAccess: 📖 libri.unimi.it/index.php/fsu/i

    @cultura

  15. #newbook #fsu #filosofiaescienzeumane

    Michel de #Montaigne ci lasciò esattamente 434 anni fa. La sua opera più celebre, i #Saggi, è un viaggio itinerante attraverso le molteplici sfaccettature dell’essere umano, tanto “ondeggiante e vario” da non smettere mai di #meravigliare 🌊
    Nel suo volume, Montaleone lo ripercorre cercando di ricostruire il #pensiero del #filosofo su #amore, #politica e #conoscenza 🔎

    Link in #OpenAccess: 📖 libri.unimi.it/index.php/fsu/i

    @cultura

  16. “I highly recommend 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman, and Chess as starting points. #Zweig also had a knack for mini-biographies (see, for example, his stellar #book on #Montaigne)” #StefanZweig #BookSky open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...

    How a Healthy Society Falls Ap...

  17. “I highly recommend 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman, and Chess as starting points. #Zweig also had a knack for mini-biographies (see, for example, his stellar #book on #Montaigne)” #StefanZweig #BookSky open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...

    How a Healthy Society Falls Ap...

  18. “I highly recommend 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman, and Chess as starting points. #Zweig also had a knack for mini-biographies (see, for example, his stellar #book on #Montaigne)” #StefanZweig #BookSky open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...

    How a Healthy Society Falls Ap...

  19. “I highly recommend 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman, and Chess as starting points. #Zweig also had a knack for mini-biographies (see, for example, his stellar #book on #Montaigne)” #StefanZweig #BookSky open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...

    How a Healthy Society Falls Ap...

  20. “I highly recommend 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman, and Chess as starting points. #Zweig also had a knack for mini-biographies (see, for example, his stellar #book on #Montaigne)” #StefanZweig #BookSky open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...

    How a Healthy Society Falls Ap...

  21. A quotation from Montaigne

    He who does not give himself leisure to be thirsty cannot take pleasure in drinking.
     
    [Qui ne se donne loisir d’avoir soif, ne sçauroit prendre plaisir à boire.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 42 (1.42), “Of the Inequality among Us [De l’inequalité qui est entre nous]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #desire #drinking #enjoyment #glut #lack #pleasure #satiety #satisfaction #surfeit #want

  22. A quotation from Montaigne

    He who does not give himself leisure to be thirsty cannot take pleasure in drinking.
     
    [Qui ne se donne loisir d’avoir soif, ne sçauroit prendre plaisir à boire.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 42 (1.42), “Of the Inequality among Us [De l’inequalité qui est entre nous]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #desire #drinking #enjoyment #glut #lack #pleasure #satiety #satisfaction #surfeit #want

  23. A quotation from Montaigne

    He who does not give himself leisure to be thirsty cannot take pleasure in drinking.
     
    [Qui ne se donne loisir d’avoir soif, ne sçauroit prendre plaisir à boire.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 42 (1.42), “Of the Inequality among Us [De l’inequalité qui est entre nous]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #desire #drinking #enjoyment #glut #lack #pleasure #satiety #satisfaction #surfeit #want

  24. A quotation from Montaigne

    He who does not give himself leisure to be thirsty cannot take pleasure in drinking.
     
    [Qui ne se donne loisir d’avoir soif, ne sçauroit prendre plaisir à boire.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 42 (1.42), “Of the Inequality among Us [De l’inequalité qui est entre nous]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #desire #drinking #enjoyment #glut #lack #pleasure #satiety #satisfaction #surfeit #want

  25. A quotation from Montaigne

    He who does not give himself leisure to be thirsty cannot take pleasure in drinking.
     
    [Qui ne se donne loisir d’avoir soif, ne sçauroit prendre plaisir à boire.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 42 (1.42), “Of the Inequality among Us [De l’inequalité qui est entre nous]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #desire #drinking #enjoyment #glut #lack #pleasure #satiety #satisfaction #surfeit #want

  26. A quotation from Montaigne

    And certainly a wise man never loses anything if he has himself.
     
    [Certes l’homme d’entendement n’a rien perdu, s’il a soy-mesme.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 38 (1.38)), “Of Solitude [De la solitude]” (1572) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #loss #possessions #selfaffirmation #selfassurance #selfawareness #selfesteem #selfpossession #selfregard #selfreliance #selfrespect #selfsufficiency #understanding #wisdom #integrity #importance #value

  27. A quotation from Montaigne

    And certainly a wise man never loses anything if he has himself.
     
    [Certes l’homme d’entendement n’a rien perdu, s’il a soy-mesme.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 38 (1.38)), “Of Solitude [De la solitude]” (1572) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #loss #possessions #selfaffirmation #selfassurance #selfawareness #selfesteem #selfpossession #selfregard #selfreliance #selfrespect #selfsufficiency #understanding #wisdom #integrity #importance #value

  28. A quotation from Montaigne

    And certainly a wise man never loses anything if he has himself.
     
    [Certes l’homme d’entendement n’a rien perdu, s’il a soy-mesme.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 38 (1.38)), “Of Solitude [De la solitude]” (1572) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #loss #possessions #selfaffirmation #selfassurance #selfawareness #selfesteem #selfpossession #selfregard #selfreliance #selfrespect #selfsufficiency #understanding #wisdom #integrity #importance #value

  29. A quotation from Montaigne

    And certainly a wise man never loses anything if he has himself.
     
    [Certes l’homme d’entendement n’a rien perdu, s’il a soy-mesme.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 38 (1.38)), “Of Solitude [De la solitude]” (1572) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #loss #possessions #selfaffirmation #selfassurance #selfawareness #selfesteem #selfpossession #selfregard #selfreliance #selfrespect #selfsufficiency #understanding #wisdom #integrity #importance #value

  30. A quotation from Montaigne

    Why cannot we remember all the contradictions which we feel within our own judgement, and how many things which were articles of belief for us yesterday are fables for us today?
     
    [Que ne nous souvient il combien nous sentons de contradiction en nostre jugement mesmes ? combien de choses nous servoient hyer d’articles de foy, qui nous sont fables aujourd’huy?]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 26 (1.26), “It Is Folly to Measure the True and the False by Our Own Capacity [C’est folie de rapporter le vray et le faux à nostre suffisance]” (1572) [tr. Screech (1987), 1.27]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #belief #changeofheart #changeofmind #error #judgment #misjudgment #opinion #selfawareness

  31. A quotation from Montaigne

    Why cannot we remember all the contradictions which we feel within our own judgement, and how many things which were articles of belief for us yesterday are fables for us today?
     
    [Que ne nous souvient il combien nous sentons de contradiction en nostre jugement mesmes ? combien de choses nous servoient hyer d’articles de foy, qui nous sont fables aujourd’huy?]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 26 (1.26), “It Is Folly to Measure the True and the False by Our Own Capacity [C’est folie de rapporter le vray et le faux à nostre suffisance]” (1572) [tr. Screech (1987), 1.27]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #belief #changeofheart #changeofmind #error #judgment #misjudgment #opinion #selfawareness

  32. A quotation from Montaigne

    Why cannot we remember all the contradictions which we feel within our own judgement, and how many things which were articles of belief for us yesterday are fables for us today?
     
    [Que ne nous souvient il combien nous sentons de contradiction en nostre jugement mesmes ? combien de choses nous servoient hyer d’articles de foy, qui nous sont fables aujourd’huy?]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 26 (1.26), “It Is Folly to Measure the True and the False by Our Own Capacity [C’est folie de rapporter le vray et le faux à nostre suffisance]” (1572) [tr. Screech (1987), 1.27]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #belief #changeofheart #changeofmind #error #judgment #misjudgment #opinion #selfawareness

  33. A quotation from Montaigne

    Why cannot we remember all the contradictions which we feel within our own judgement, and how many things which were articles of belief for us yesterday are fables for us today?
     
    [Que ne nous souvient il combien nous sentons de contradiction en nostre jugement mesmes ? combien de choses nous servoient hyer d’articles de foy, qui nous sont fables aujourd’huy?]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 26 (1.26), “It Is Folly to Measure the True and the False by Our Own Capacity [C’est folie de rapporter le vray et le faux à nostre suffisance]” (1572) [tr. Screech (1987), 1.27]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #belief #changeofheart #changeofmind #error #judgment #misjudgment #opinion #selfawareness

  34. A quotation from Montaigne

    The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom; every one, having an inward veneration for the opinions and manners approved and received among his own people, cannot, without very great reluctance, depart from them, nor apply himself to them without applause.
     
    [Les loix de la conscience, que nous disons naistre de nature, naissent de la coustume : chacun ayant en veneration interne les opinions & mœurs approuvees & receues autour de luy, ne s’en peut desprendre sans remors, ny s’y appliquer sans applaudissement.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 22 (1.22), “Of Custom and Not Easily Changing an Accepted Law [De la Coustume et de Ne Changer Aisément une Loy Receüe]” (1572) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #behavior #conscience #custom #manners #moralcode #morality #mores #naturallaw #nature #publicopinion #tradition

  35. A quotation from Montaigne

    The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom; every one, having an inward veneration for the opinions and manners approved and received among his own people, cannot, without very great reluctance, depart from them, nor apply himself to them without applause.
     
    [Les loix de la conscience, que nous disons naistre de nature, naissent de la coustume : chacun ayant en veneration interne les opinions & mœurs approuvees & receues autour de luy, ne s’en peut desprendre sans remors, ny s’y appliquer sans applaudissement.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 22 (1.22), “Of Custom and Not Easily Changing an Accepted Law [De la Coustume et de Ne Changer Aisément une Loy Receüe]” (1572) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #behavior #conscience #custom #manners #moralcode #morality #mores #naturallaw #nature #publicopinion #tradition

  36. A quotation from Montaigne

    The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom; every one, having an inward veneration for the opinions and manners approved and received among his own people, cannot, without very great reluctance, depart from them, nor apply himself to them without applause.
     
    [Les loix de la conscience, que nous disons naistre de nature, naissent de la coustume : chacun ayant en veneration interne les opinions & mœurs approuvees & receues autour de luy, ne s’en peut desprendre sans remors, ny s’y appliquer sans applaudissement.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 22 (1.22), “Of Custom and Not Easily Changing an Accepted Law [De la Coustume et de Ne Changer Aisément une Loy Receüe]” (1572) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #behavior #conscience #custom #manners #moralcode #morality #mores #naturallaw #nature #publicopinion #tradition

  37. A quotation from Montaigne

    The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom; every one, having an inward veneration for the opinions and manners approved and received among his own people, cannot, without very great reluctance, depart from them, nor apply himself to them without applause.
     
    [Les loix de la conscience, que nous disons naistre de nature, naissent de la coustume : chacun ayant en veneration interne les opinions & mœurs approuvees & receues autour de luy, ne s’en peut desprendre sans remors, ny s’y appliquer sans applaudissement.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 22 (1.22), “Of Custom and Not Easily Changing an Accepted Law [De la Coustume et de Ne Changer Aisément une Loy Receüe]” (1572) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #behavior #conscience #custom #manners #moralcode #morality #mores #naturallaw #nature #publicopinion #tradition

  38. A quotation from Montaigne

    The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom; every one, having an inward veneration for the opinions and manners approved and received among his own people, cannot, without very great reluctance, depart from them, nor apply himself to them without applause.
     
    [Les loix de la conscience, que nous disons naistre de nature, naissent de la coustume : chacun ayant en veneration interne les opinions & mœurs approuvees & receues autour de luy, ne s’en peut desprendre sans remors, ny s’y appliquer sans applaudissement.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 22 (1.22), “Of Custom and Not Easily Changing an Accepted Law [De la Coustume et de Ne Changer Aisément une Loy Receüe]” (1572) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #behavior #conscience #custom #manners #moralcode #morality #mores #naturallaw #nature #publicopinion #tradition

  39. Le but de la sagesse

    Le but de la sagesse, sans nier le caractère imprévisible et fragile du bonheur, est d’essayer de le rendre plus profond et le plus permanent possible, au-delà des aléas de la vie, des événements extérieurs, des émotions agréables ou désagréables du quotidien. C’est aimer ce qui est.

    *

    Rien dans ce monde n’est stable, durable, figé à jamais. Et il en va de même pour nos désirs. Ainsi, nous souffrons de ne pas posséder ce que nous désirons, puis nous souffrons de la peur de perdre ce que nous possédons et nous souffrirons encore de la perte de ce que nous avons.

    *

    Une de mes maximes préférées, que j’ai fait imprimer et encadrer, c’est une phrase de Montaigne, dans les Essais, inspirée de Sénèque :  » Il n’y a point de vent favorable pour qui ne sait en quel port se rendre. »

    *

    Le philosophe désire la sagesse, mais il ne veut pas s’illusionner, c’est pourquoi il utilise son intelligence afin de discerner ce qui est vrai, ou juste, de ce qui ne l’est pas. Le philosophe n’est donc ni un intellectuel, ni un professeur, ni un spécialiste, mais un aventurier de l’esprit qui cherche à mener une vie bonne et heureuse avec lucidité. Comme le résume André Comte-Sponville: « La sagesse, c’est le maximum de bonheur dans le maximum de lucidité. »
    La philosophie telle que la concevait les Anciens n’a pas pour objectif de former des spécialistes, mais de former des hommes.

    *

    Que ce soit notre conjoint, notre ami ou notre enfant, ayons toujours à l’esprit que l’autre ne nous appartient pas. L’aimer en vérité c’est vouloir son bonheur – et c’est nécessaire dans une relation de couple ou amicale -autant qu’il veut le nôtre. Nous sommes heureux du bonheur de nos proches même si leurs choix sont différents des nôtres.

    *

    Bref, Philosopher c’est apprendre à vivre.

    Frédéric Lenoir (1962) est philosophe, sociologue, historien des religions, conférencier et écrivain.

    Frédéric Lenoir dans La sagesse expliquée à ceux qui la cherchent

    Une pièce musicale de BACH – « ERBARME DICH, MEIN GOTT » – MAGDALENA KOZENÁ – SAINT MATTHEW PASSION

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  40. A quotation from Montaigne

    And so, live as long as you please, you will strike nothing off the time you will have to spend dead.
     
    [Aussi avez vous beau vivre, vous n’en rabattrez rien du temps que vous avez à estre mort.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 19 (1.19), “That to Philosophize Is to Learn to Die [Que Philosopher, c’est apprendre à mourir]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943), 1.20]

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  41. A quotation from Montaigne

    And so, live as long as you please, you will strike nothing off the time you will have to spend dead.
     
    [Aussi avez vous beau vivre, vous n’en rabattrez rien du temps que vous avez à estre mort.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 19 (1.19), “That to Philosophize Is to Learn to Die [Que Philosopher, c’est apprendre à mourir]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943), 1.20]

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  42. A quotation from Montaigne

    And so, live as long as you please, you will strike nothing off the time you will have to spend dead.
     
    [Aussi avez vous beau vivre, vous n’en rabattrez rien du temps que vous avez à estre mort.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 19 (1.19), “That to Philosophize Is to Learn to Die [Que Philosopher, c’est apprendre à mourir]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943), 1.20]

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  43. A quotation from Montaigne

    And so, live as long as you please, you will strike nothing off the time you will have to spend dead.
     
    [Aussi avez vous beau vivre, vous n’en rabattrez rien du temps que vous avez à estre mort.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 19 (1.19), “That to Philosophize Is to Learn to Die [Que Philosopher, c’est apprendre à mourir]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943), 1.20]

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  44. We are not going; we are carried away,
    like things that float...

    Montaigne, Essays II 1

    Foto niphisi

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  45. We are not going; we are carried away,
    like things that float...

    Montaigne, Essays II 1

    Foto niphisi

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  46. We are not going; we are carried away,
    like things that float...

    Montaigne, Essays II 1

    Foto niphisi

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  47. A quotation from Montaigne

    Things are neither so grievous nor so difficult in themselves, but our weakness and cowardice make them so.
     
    [Les choses ne sont pas si douloureuses, ny difficiles d’elles mesmes: mais nostre foiblesse & lascheté les fait telles.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 14 (1.14), “The Taste of Good and Bad Things Depends Mostly on the Opinion We Have of Them [Que le goust des biens et des maux despend en bonne partie de l’opinion que nous en avons]” (1572) [tr. Ives (1925)]

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  48. A quotation from Montaigne

    Things are neither so grievous nor so difficult in themselves, but our weakness and cowardice make them so.
     
    [Les choses ne sont pas si douloureuses, ny difficiles d’elles mesmes: mais nostre foiblesse & lascheté les fait telles.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 14 (1.14), “The Taste of Good and Bad Things Depends Mostly on the Opinion We Have of Them [Que le goust des biens et des maux despend en bonne partie de l’opinion que nous en avons]” (1572) [tr. Ives (1925)]

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  49. A quotation from Montaigne

    Things are neither so grievous nor so difficult in themselves, but our weakness and cowardice make them so.
     
    [Les choses ne sont pas si douloureuses, ny difficiles d’elles mesmes: mais nostre foiblesse & lascheté les fait telles.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 14 (1.14), “The Taste of Good and Bad Things Depends Mostly on the Opinion We Have of Them [Que le goust des biens et des maux despend en bonne partie de l’opinion que nous en avons]” (1572) [tr. Ives (1925)]

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  50. A quotation from Montaigne

    Things are neither so grievous nor so difficult in themselves, but our weakness and cowardice make them so.
     
    [Les choses ne sont pas si douloureuses, ny difficiles d’elles mesmes: mais nostre foiblesse & lascheté les fait telles.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 14 (1.14), “The Taste of Good and Bad Things Depends Mostly on the Opinion We Have of Them [Que le goust des biens et des maux despend en bonne partie de l’opinion que nous en avons]” (1572) [tr. Ives (1925)]

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  51. A quotation from Montaigne

    It makes sense to say that those without a solid memory should not get in the habit of telling lies.
     
    [Ce n’est pas sans raison qu’on dict, que qui ne se sent point assez ferme de memoire, ne se doit pas mesler d’estre menteur.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 9 (1.9), “Of Liars [Des Menteurs]” (1572) [tr. HyperEssays (2025)]

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  52. A quotation from Montaigne

    It makes sense to say that those without a solid memory should not get in the habit of telling lies.
     
    [Ce n’est pas sans raison qu’on dict, que qui ne se sent point assez ferme de memoire, ne se doit pas mesler d’estre menteur.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 9 (1.9), “Of Liars [Des Menteurs]” (1572) [tr. HyperEssays (2025)]

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  53. A quotation from Montaigne

    It makes sense to say that those without a solid memory should not get in the habit of telling lies.
     
    [Ce n’est pas sans raison qu’on dict, que qui ne se sent point assez ferme de memoire, ne se doit pas mesler d’estre menteur.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 9 (1.9), “Of Liars [Des Menteurs]” (1572) [tr. HyperEssays (2025)]

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  54. A quotation from Montaigne

    It makes sense to say that those without a solid memory should not get in the habit of telling lies.
     
    [Ce n’est pas sans raison qu’on dict, que qui ne se sent point assez ferme de memoire, ne se doit pas mesler d’estre menteur.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 9 (1.9), “Of Liars [Des Menteurs]” (1572) [tr. HyperEssays (2025)]

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  55. A quotation from Montaigne

    It makes sense to say that those without a solid memory should not get in the habit of telling lies.
     
    [Ce n’est pas sans raison qu’on dict, que qui ne se sent point assez ferme de memoire, ne se doit pas mesler d’estre menteur.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 9 (1.9), “Of Liars [Des Menteurs]” (1572) [tr. HyperEssays (2025)]

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