Essays of Michel de Montaigne Notes

Essays of Michel de Montaigne

Montaigne thinks that customs are not good for the mind because they can change the way you think. Montaigne believes he cannot be referred to as a great thinker due to the fact that he was not educated. He believes that one will not understand the world until one is closest to death. He believes that humans see things as being bad before we comprehend them. Montaigne is at ease when he rides horses and he also believes in a difference in class based off of horses. Montaigne said that dying of old age is rare considering that most people die of other things, and says that losing the mind before the body is more of a danger than losing the body before the mind. Montaigne very much dislikes people getting drunk. Montaigne says how people only care about what others see them as rather than them seeing themselves for who they are. Montaigne expresses his belief of why he thinks thumbs are the masters of the hands. Montaigne describes how most every time something negative will come out of everything. Montaigne says we are born richer than we think but we are taught to use another person's more than their own. Montaigne loves imagination and thinks its really good. Montaigne believes that we are all commenting on one another about how we act and portray ourselves.