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I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne
Age: 59 †
Born: 1533
Born: February 28
Died: 1592
Died: September 13
Autobiographer
Essayist
French Moralist
Jurist
Philosopher
Poet Lawyer
Politician
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Writer
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Miquèu Eiquèm de Montanha
Miqueu Eiquem de Montanha
Seek
Doubtful
Forward
Notions
Truth
Publish
School
Establish
Schools
Debate
Notion
Unresolved
Questions
Formless
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Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth.
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Some, either from being glued to vice by a natural attachment, or from long habit, no longer recognize its ugliness.
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