MONTAIGNE: Apology for Raymond de Sebonde

In the Apology for Raymond de Sebonde, Montaigne writes a long treatise supporting the religious arguments of Raymond de Sebonde. Montaigne does not analyze the specific arguments Sebonde presents to counter the arguments of atheists, but rather he presents his own evidence for justifying a radical skepticism toward all knowledge except knowledge obtained directly from the divine.

MONTAIGNE: Essays [That the Relish of Good and Evil Depends in a Great Measure upon the Opinion We Have of Them; Upon Some Verses of Virgil]

That the Relish of Good and Evil Depends in a Great Measure upon the Opinion We Have of Them

• Men are tormented with the opinions they have of things and not by the things themselves.

MONTAIGNE: Essays [Of the Education of Children; That It Is Folly to Measure Truth and Error by Our Own Capacity; Of Cannibals]

Of the Education of Children

• Montaigne admits that his understanding often stumbles and reaches an end while there yet remains much more to be known.

MONTAIGNE: Essays [Of Custom; Of Pedantry]

Of Custom, and That We Should Not Easily Change a Law Received

• Custom subtly slips in her foot of authority; then, she becomes established overtime, so that her authority is peremptory.