Sarah Bakewell on Michel de Montaigne
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“He felt ordinary, but knew that the very fact of realizing his ordinariness made him extraordinary.”
“The hedonistic approach to education did make a difference to him. Having been guided early in life by his own curiosity alone, he grew up to be an independent-minded adult, following his own path in everything rather than deferring to duty and discipline.”