Jeffrey’s Reviews > The Complete Essays of Montaigne > Status Update
Jeffrey
is 63% done
Montaigne , Cicero, and others all complained about their memories.
Montaigne says in ch129 that people even quoted his sayings back to him and they were unfamiliar! It makes me feel better.
— 4 hours, 32 min ago
Montaigne says in ch129 that people even quoted his sayings back to him and they were unfamiliar! It makes me feel better.
Like flag
Jeffrey’s Previous Updates
Jeffrey
is 63% done
Chapter 126
“ Any Person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than his conscience”
— Apr 17, 2026 05:48AM
“ Any Person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than his conscience”
Jeffrey
is 61% done
There is nothing certain, but uncertainty, and nothing more miserable or arrogant than man.
– Pliny
— Mar 07, 2026 01:55PM
– Pliny
Jeffrey
is 59% done
Ch 117
The senses - he argues /“quotes” they are end all and be all of knowledge. But since we cannot smell justice i do not hold this position.
Intriguing he also speculates about senses unknown to us, citing animals that are missing a sense , maybe we are missing something beyond the basic 5. I definitely believe that our 5 senses cannot possibly define the entirety of existence.
— Feb 17, 2026 05:09AM
The senses - he argues /“quotes” they are end all and be all of knowledge. But since we cannot smell justice i do not hold this position.
Intriguing he also speculates about senses unknown to us, citing animals that are missing a sense , maybe we are missing something beyond the basic 5. I definitely believe that our 5 senses cannot possibly define the entirety of existence.
Jeffrey
is 57% done
Ch 114
I prefer facts to reason - Montaigne
What we have at hand always seems best of all – loquacious loquacious good grief, Lucretius
— Feb 02, 2026 04:02AM
I prefer facts to reason - Montaigne
What we have at hand always seems best of all – loquacious loquacious good grief, Lucretius