The philosophers, methinks, have not much touched this string, no more… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

The philosophers, methinks, have not much touched this string, no more than another of equal importance; they have this dilemma continually in their mouths, to console our mortal condition: "The soul is either mortal or immortal; if mortal, it will suffer no pain; if immortal, it will change for the better."--They never touch the other branch, "What if she change for the worse?" and leave to the poets the menaces of future torments. But thereby they make themselves a good game. These are two omissions that I often meet with in their discourses. I return to the first.

Endroit: Chapter XII. Apology For Raimond Sebond. · ¶2651
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