Our well-being is nothing but the not being ill. Which is the reason w… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

Our well-being is nothing but the not being ill. Which is the reason why that sect of philosophers, which sets the greatest value upon pleasure, has yet fixed it chiefly in unconsciousness of pain. To be freed from ill is the greatest good that man can hope for or desire; as Ennius says,--

Lugar: Chapter XII. Apology For Raimond Sebond. · ¶2380
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