- linked old to the new world
- father died when he was thirty five years old
- only one daughter survived
- use essays to release his demons
- essays divided into two books with the third being added
- supported his ideas with evidence and facts
- he questioned other's opinions to learn more about himself
- he believed men and women were cast in same mold
- wrote in french for people to be able to read later
- didn't use religion to discuss death to leave it as an open discussion
- theology and philosophy sometimes overlap
- translated Natural Theology for his father
- wrote important ideas in italics
- believes God is a hidden god
- thinks pride is the sin of sins
- opinion is not knowledge
- to explain why, you must provide evidence to validate your point
- renaissance allowed him to expand his knowledge with foreign scripture
- Montaigne influenced by Protgoras
- wanted to know
- thyself
- understand man and you'll understand the universe
- man is always changing,shifting, and becoming
- all men desire knowledge
- wisdom comes from experience not schooling
- writing brought him to terms with his hard ships and faults
Book One-That our deeds are judged by the intention
- wrote this to come to peace with his life and death
- death settles all obligations or issues of life
- we can't be held to promises beyond our power or means
- says some iniquitous judges postpone their judgement until the can't anymore
Book One- On idleness
- uses this to deal with his depression, delusions and illness
- souls without goals can get lost and lose themselves
- trying to branch out since he is so focused on himself
Book Two- That we should not be deemed happy til' after our death
- almost becomes obsessed with death
- death is the act of dying, not the state of the soul in afterlife
- more philosophical then religious
- describes happiness as notions of blessedness and of good fortune
- never can be happy until death
- good fortune is key to happiness
- death shows the reality of life and who the person truly was
- the last day of life, one looks back on the life they lived
Book One- On the power of imagination
- imagination evokes mental images of thoughts, concepts, ideas, opinions as well as mental pictures
- religion sometimes dashed with imagination
- imagination brings new ideas and events
- it can take over the mind
- may be in your mind, but is real
- some people escape to their imagination, which makes them lose sight of reality
- miracles, random events, visions, etc. give fuel to the craving of imagination
- imagination can be used as bait to make someone think it is possible or the perfect thing to do
- men imagine women which ruins expectations
- mind and body are one, which imagination powerful
- magicians take advantage of imaginations in order to make audiences believe
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