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To avoid pleasures even at the expence of life

de Montaigne, Michael Seigneur ; Coste, Peter Coste, Peter

The essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne (8th ed.), in 3 volumes, Vol 1, 1685, p.253-254

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To avoid pleasures even at the expence of life
Autor: de Montaigne, Michael Seigneur ; Coste, Peter
Coste, Peter
Materias: Death and Dying ; Materialism ; Pleasure ; Religion ; Religious Beliefs
Es parte de: The essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne (8th ed.), in 3 volumes, Vol 1, 1685, p.253-254
Descripción: In this essay, Montaigne discusses the ancient opinion that it is time to die, when there is more ill than good in living; and that to preserve life to our own torment and inconvenience is repugnant to the very laws of nature, as these old rules instruct us. He also uses the example of St. Hilary, bishop of Poctiers, who daily prayed for the death of his daughter to remove her from this world, as an example of one who would push this contempt of death so far as to employ it to the drawing off our our thought from the honours, riches, dignities, and other favours and good, as we call them, of fortune, as if reason were not sufficient to persuade us to avoid them. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
Editor: London: J Pote, E Ballard, C Bathurst, T Davies, T Payne, J F and C Rivington, S Crowder T Longman
Idioma: Inglés

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