Ideas of Michel de Montaigne, by Theme

[French, 1533 - 1592, Born and died at Montaigne. Closely associated with the city of Bordeaux, of which he was Mayor.]

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

6259	Why can't a wise man doubt everything?

6263	No wisdom could make us comfortably walk a wide beam if it was high in the air

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth

6258	Virtue is the distinctive mark of truth, and its greatest product

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Reality

6262	We lack some sense or other, and hence objects may have hidden features

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

6260	Sceptics say there is truth, but no means of making or testing lasting judgements

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / d. Location of mind

6261	The soul is in the brain, as shown by head injuries

22. Metaethics / B. Basis of Ethics / 5. Moral Responsibility

7496	Rules and duties are based on the will, as that is all we control

24. Applied Ethics / C. Death Issues / 1. Death

7495	Apart from the fear, dying is an easy duty