Inutilities In his essay “ Of vain subtleties ” ( Essays I, 54) Montaigne writes that “there are a sort of little knacks and frivolous subtleties from ...

Montaigne wrote about the vain and idle things people do just for becoming famous; or the useless things people buy just for their prestige. But has anything changed since his days? New blog philosophybytheway.blogspot.com/2025/12/inut...
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