As an enemy is made more fierce by our flight, so Pain grows proud to see us knuckle under it. She will surrender upon much better terms to those who make head against her.
- Michel De Montaigne, 1533-1592, French philosopher
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Michel de Montaigne - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
... As a humanist, Montaigne conceived of philosophy as morals. In the chapter “On the education of children”,[10] education is identified with philosophy, this being understood as the formation of judgment and manners in everyday life: “for philosophy, which, as the molder of judgment and conduct, will be his principal lesson, has the privilege of being everywhere at home”.[11] Philosophy, which exerts itself essentially by the use of judgment, is significant to the very ordinary, varied and ‘undulating’[12] process of life. In fact, under the guise of innocuous anecdotes, Montaigne achieved the humanist revolution in philosophy. ...
Selected essays of Montaigne - Equilibrium.org
"These are essays that Montaigne published in 1575, and they were translated into English by Charles Cotton. I have not yet been able to find out the date of this translation, though I believe it to be sometime in the 1670s. ..."
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