Saturday, April 15, 2017
Why I Blog
Montaigne, "To the Reader," Essais (tr. Donald M. Frame):
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This book was written in good faith, reader. It warns you from the outset that in it I have set myself no goal but a domestic and private one. I have had no thought of serving either you or my own glory. My powers are inadequate for such a purpose. I have dedicated it to the private convenience of my relatives and friends, so that when they have lost me (as soon they must), they may recover here some features of my habits and temperament, and by this means keep the knowledge they have had of me more complete and alive.Si licet parvum (me) componere magno (Montano).
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