“ There is no desire more natural than that of knowledge. ”
Michel de Montaigne, The Essays of Michel de Montaigne (1580). copy citation
| Author | Michel de Montaigne |
|---|---|
| Source | The Essays of Michel de Montaigne |
| Topic | knowledge desire |
| Date | 1580 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Charles Cotton |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3600/3600-h/3600-h.htm |
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“Even as in lawful actions I dislike to employ myself when for such as are displeased at it; so, to say the truth, in unlawful things I do not make conscience enough of employing myself when it is for such as are willing.
CHAPTER XIII——OF EXPERIENCE There is no desire more natural than that of knowledge. We try all ways that can lead us to it; where reason is wanting, we therein employ experience,
«Per varios usus artem experientia fecit, Exemplo monstrante viam,» [«By various trials experience created art, example shewing the way.»” source
CHAPTER XIII——OF EXPERIENCE There is no desire more natural than that of knowledge. We try all ways that can lead us to it; where reason is wanting, we therein employ experience,
«Per varios usus artem experientia fecit, Exemplo monstrante viam,» [«By various trials experience created art, example shewing the way.»” source
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