Tag Archives: Montaigne

“The Death of Socrates” by Emily Wilson

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Houyhnhnm

Thoughts ad loc.: 29 Protagoras began a book with “I have no way of knowing either that the gods exist, or that they do not exist” 30f αθεος normally meant ‘hated by the gods’ 48 The idea that all virtue … Continue reading →

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“Of Truth” by Francis Bacon

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Houyhnhnm

A brief essay on the importance of truth to man, religiously and philosophically. One of the Fathers called Poesy: “vinum daemonum, because it filleth the imagination”. Replacing contemplation of the Divine, presumably. Montaigne: “to say that a man lieth, is … Continue reading →

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