Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 05

Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592; Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913 [Editor]; Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687 [Translator]· 2 chapters· 18,995 words

I never yet saw that father, but let his son be never so decrepit or deformed, would not, notwithstanding, own him: not, nevertheless, if he were not totally besotted, and blinded with his paternal affection, that he did not well enough discern his defects; but that with all d...

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1. Chapter 1

I never yet saw that father, but let his son be never so decrepit or deformed, would not, notwithstanding, own him: not, nevertheless, if he were not totally besotted, and blind...

2. Chapter 2

'Tis not, perhaps, without reason, that we attribute facility of belief and easiness of persuasion to simplicity and ignorance: for I fancy I have heard belief compared to the i...