nature should say the same to their contests and debates. Some say tha… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

nature should say the same to their contests and debates. Some say that our well-being lies in virtue, others in pleasure, others in submitting to nature; one in knowledge, another in being exempt from pain, another in not suffering ourselves to be carried away by appearances; and this fancy seems to have some relation to that of the ancient Pythagoras,

Place: Chapter XII. Apology For Raimond Sebond. · ¶2745
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