Montaigne
Montaigne draws from classical and Renaissance knowledge to remind us that, in some parts of the world, others bear little resemblance to us. Our experience of man and things should not be seen limited by our present standards of judgment. We display a sort of madness when we settle limits for the possible and the impossible.
He asserts a gentleman should not dedicate himself entirely to philosophy. Practised with restraint, it proves useful, but, in excess, leads to eccentricity and insociability.
Custom is a sort of witch, whose spell, among other effects, casts moral illusion.
“The laws of conscience, which we say are born from nature, are born of custom”.
Montaigne assimilates opinions, according to what appears to him as true, without taking them to be absolutely true.
He conjures up many opinions, regarding the nature of the cosmos, or the nature of the soul.
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