Man’s hubris presumes to invent the divine while being unable to create a maggot. Still, this is also a testament to the brilliance of human imagination: We may be incapable of divine creation, but our minds can conjure marvels.
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#Versgedanken III zu einigen #Versen des #Vergil von #MicheldeMontaigne, über #Ehe, #Liebe und #Lust. flaneurgedichte.blogspot.com/2026/03/vers...
#Versgedanken III zu einigen #Versen des #Vergil von #MicheldeMontaigne, über #Ehe, #Liebe und #Lust. flaneurgedichte.blogspot.com/2026/03/vers...
#Lektürentagebuch 28.2.26: zum #Geburtstag von #MicheldeMontaigne #Verse über einige Verse von #Vergil.
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#Lektürentagebuch 28.2.26: zum #Geburtstag von #MicheldeMontaigne #Verse über einige Verse von #Vergil.
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#Lektürentagebuch 28.2.26: zum #Geburtstag von #MicheldeMontaigne #Verse über einige Verse von #Vergil.
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#MichelDeMontaigne was born #OnThisDay in 1533, one of the most significant figures in French Renaissance philosophy who articulated a healthy #skepticism of established authority & believed #France needed to move beyond conflict over religion...
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Literarischer #28Februar
„Was nützen mir die Farben, wenn ich nicht weiß, was ich malen soll?"
#MichelDeMontaigne #Essais Geburt 1533
Margaret of Scotland & Norway (1261), #MichelDeMontaigne (1533), Jost Bürgi (1552), Alexei, tsarevich of Russia (1690), Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm (1712), John Tenniel (1820), Vaslav Nijinsky (1890), Linus Pauling (1901), Vincente Minnelli (1903) & Frank Gehry (1929) were born #OnThisDay...
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
- #MicheldeMontaigne
Insan tüm yaratıkların en çürüğü ve en zayıfıdır; üstüne üstlük, en kibirli olanıdır,"
- Michel de Montaigne -
#JohnGray #KediFelsefesi #montaigne #micheldemontaigne
“I speak the truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grow older.” — Michel de Montaigne Background: a serene winter forest scene with sunlight streaming through tall trees onto a snow-covered ground. Bottom left: Humanism Church logo. Bottom right: text “humanism.church”.
Courage and honesty grow together. 🌿 With each passing year, may we all dare a little more to speak the truth. #Humanism #Wisdom #MicheldeMontaigne #HumanismChurch
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#ensayopolítico […]
Dünyanın bütün nimetleri elinde bile olsa, onları tadabilecek bir ruh gerekir. Çünkü bizi mutlu eden; bir şeyin sahibi olmak değil, tadına varabilmektir.
Michel de Montaigne
#piamater #serkankaraismailoğlu #alıntı #montaigne #micheldemontaigne
2 “ … of which he has not power to know the least part, much less to command the whole?” - #MicheldeMontaigne
"Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do."
- Michel de Montaigne
#Nature #Clouds #Beauty #Peace #Space #Photography #Blue #BlueSky #Wisdom #Truth #MicheldeMontaigne
"When I'm playing with my cat, how do I know that she is not playing with me?"
"When I Am Playing with My Cat, How Do I Know That She Is Not Playing with Me?" ~ Montaigne and Being in Touch with Life
Michel de Montaigne died at the Château de Montaigne, Guyenne, France on this day in 1592 (aged 59)
#madamepurrla #playingwithmycat #PlayingWithMe #MicheldeMontaigne #Caturday
"Adaletin olmadığı yerde
ahlak da yoktur!"
#MichelDeMontaigne
500 yıl önce söylediği bu sözü halen geçerli. Rönesansın son demlerinde, kendi ruhuna bakarak, hepimizin iç dünyasına bir pencere açan, zihnimize ayna tutan Fransız yazarın 433 yıl önce aramızdan ayrıldı. Saygıyla..
Literarischer #13September
„Wenn die Leute mir vorwerfen, dass ich zu viel von mir spreche, so werfe ich ihnen vor, dass sie überhaupt nicht mehr über sich selber nachdenken.“
#MichelDeMontaigne #Essais Tod 1592
Finished reading: #Essays by #MichelDeMontaigne
8.14.25 → 8.30.25
Learned a lot, even about Montaigne’s kidney stones.
#FrenchPhilosophy
#France
#philosophy
#ClassicLiterature
#booksky
#Lektürentagebuch 25.8.25: weiter im #Essay über die #Ablenkung als #Heilmittel von #MicheldeMontaigne.
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#Lektürentagebuch 25.8.25: weiter im #Essay über die #Ablenkung als #Heilmittel von #MicheldeMontaigne.
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#Lektürentagebuch 24.5.25: über das #Essay über die nötige #Ablenkung von #MicheldeMontaigne wie seinen Versuch, sich mit #Frauen zu verständigen.
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#Lektürentagebuch 24.5.25: über das #Essay über die nötige #Ablenkung von #MicheldeMontaigne wie seinen Versuch, sich mit #Frauen zu verständigen.
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« Parce que c'était lui ; parce que c'était moi. »
— #MicheldeMontaigne à son ami #ÉtiennedeLaBoétie. 1580
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#thehomoindwell #homoheretik
, and their wounds joined mouth to mouth, affectionately sucking in the last blood and remainder of the lives of each other.
— #MicheldeMontaigne, 1685-6 (1877) Chapter XXXIII / Essays
*img #SalvadorDalí, 1947 ed. Illustrated Essays of Michel de Montaigne
#lesfolliesdeshommes
Quote of the Day:
“If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.”
- Michel de Montaigne
#QuoteOfTheDay #MichelDeMontaigne #Identity
