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Montaigne Questions Certainty Of Custom

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Montaigne Questions Certainty Of Custom

Montaigne, Michel · Essayist and philosopher

In the early essays Montaigne explored how social habits become mistaken for universal truths. His comparisons of different peoples challenged confident judgments based on local convention.

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