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... Montaigne wrote the sentence quoted above - he may well have been sitting in the tower on the wall of his château in Montaigne on a September morning of 1567 when he wrote it . He was , I think , the first person in the world to express ...
... Montaigne wrote the sentence quoted above - he may well have been sitting in the tower on the wall of his château in Montaigne on a September morning of 1567 when he wrote it . He was , I think , the first person in the world to express ...
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... Montaigne of intense hatred of cruelty and intense awareness of individuality is not fortuitous . There is no place for pity or humanity in a society in which human beings are not regarded as in- dividual human beings , but as ...
... Montaigne of intense hatred of cruelty and intense awareness of individuality is not fortuitous . There is no place for pity or humanity in a society in which human beings are not regarded as in- dividual human beings , but as ...
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... Montaigne and the essential nature of civilization . It happened to me years ago when I was a boy and had not yet read the passage quoted above from Montaigne . My bitch had five puppies and it was decided that she should be left with ...
... Montaigne and the essential nature of civilization . It happened to me years ago when I was a boy and had not yet read the passage quoted above from Montaigne . My bitch had five puppies and it was decided that she should be left with ...
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