The Essays of Montaigne — volume 01
The Essays of Montaigne — volume 01
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Praying God, M. DeMontaigne, to have you in his holy keeping.
"Written at Paris, the 25th day of November 1581.
"HENRI.
"A Monsieur de MONTAIGNE, Knight of my Order, Gentleman in Ordinary of myChamber, being at present in Rome. " Montaigne, in his new employment, the most important in the province, obeyed the axiom, that a man may not refuse a duty, though it absorb histime and attention, and even involve the sacrifice of his blood. Placedbetween two extreme parties, ever on the point of gettin...g to blows, heshowed himself in practice what he is in his book, the friend of a middleand temperate policy. Tolerant by character and on principle, hebelonged, like all the great minds of the sixteenth century, to thatpolitical sect which sought to improve, without destroying, institutions;and we may say of him, what he himself said of La Boetie, "that he hadthat maxim indelibly impressed on his mind, to obey and submit himselfreligiously to the laws under which he was born. Affectionately attachedto the repose of his country, an enemy to changes and innovations, hewould have preferred to employ what means he had towards theirdiscouragement and suppression, than in promoting their success.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Praying God, M. DeMontaigne, to have you in his holy keeping.
"Written at Paris, the 25th day of November 1581.
"HENRI.
"A Monsieur de MONTAIGNE, Knight of my Order, Gentleman in Ordinary of myChamber, being at present in Rome. " Montaigne, in his new employment, the most important in the province, obeyed the axiom, that a man may not refuse a duty, though it absorb histime and attention, and even involve the sacrifice of his blood. Placedbetween two extreme parties, ever on the point of gettin...g to blows, heshowed himself in practice what he is in his book, the friend of a middleand temperate policy. Tolerant by character and on principle, hebelonged, like all the great minds of the sixteenth century, to thatpolitical sect which sought to improve, without destroying, institutions;and we may say of him, what he himself said of La Boetie, "that he hadthat maxim indelibly impressed on his mind, to obey and submit himselfreligiously to the laws under which he was born. Affectionately attachedto the repose of his country, an enemy to changes and innovations, hewould have preferred to employ what means he had towards theirdiscouragement and suppression, than in promoting their success.
What to read after The Essays of Montaigne — volume 01?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Montaigne Michel De to read onlineMoreLess
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