isn’t easy to persuade others, or sometimes oneself, that such goods exist or are worth much effort to get. All of our usual reasons to desire something are missing. Students of Socrates have come back to this point often. Montaigne writes: That every man is seen so resolved and satisfied with himself, that every man thinks himself sufficiently intelligent, signifies that every one knows nothing about the matter, as Socrates gave Euthydemus to understand.
