Gurteen Knowledge Blog March 31, 2022, 09:03
Michele Montaigne was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. I have long admired him and love quotations from his work, especially those relating to conversation.
I just learned on Wikipedia that he died of quinsy at the age of 59 in 1592 at the Château de Montaigne. The disease paralyzed his tongue – a tragic end to his life, given he once said:
In my opinion, the most fruitful and natural play of the mind is in conversation.
I find it sweeter than any other action in life; and if I were forced to choose, I think I would rather lose my sight than my hearing and voice.
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