The Enlightenment of Opting Out
A Peak Notions column on long-dead philosophers, socially awkward living ones, and the court case that brought out the worst in everyone
“Our life consists partly in madness, partly in wisdom: whoever writes about it merely respectfully and by rule leaves more than half of it behind.”
-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
I have such affection for Montaigne. Philosophers sometimes don’t seem like real people, and I’m not referring solely to the ones who …
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