Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)

[Philosophy Now]

by Terence Green

https://philosophynow.org/issues/114/Mi ... _1533-1592

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Michel de Montaigne
Philosophical haiku
Keeping it simple


Love this new column - well done
Refreshing change.
And it's free.

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More about this new column 'Philosophical Haiku' by Dr. Terence Green.

It kicks off with a haiku, presumably the author's own. But what do I know - I don't know if Montaigne ever haiku'd ?

Turn your gaze inward
Observe your own finite self
Behold feeble man

I really enjoyed the short engaging piece which follows. A bit like Montaigne himself ? 'Conversing directly and pleasantly to the reader'.

So, will this column also turn to Montaigne's accounts of life and human experience: 'sadness, idleness, liars, and prognosticators; names, warhorses...cannibals, pedants...anger, smells, three good women, and thumbs' ? It really leaves you wanting more...'three good women', what's that about ?

Or will Terence shine his generous torch on to the face of fellow philosophers...any time, place or culture...?

Or a bit of both.

I look forward to finding out

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OK, I love answering my own questions - the haiku is not Montaigne's.
From Contents page 3:

REGULARS
19 Philosophical Haiku: Montaigne
Terence Green summarises the sage in seventeen syllables.

So, this 'Philosophical Haiku' header is far more attractive and clickable, to me, than PN article 'Michel de Montaigne (1533- 1592)' which sounds not exactly a bundle of joy.
It is kinda misleading, isn't it ?