Citations de Michel de Montaigne

Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne, 1533-1592

Quotations from Montaigne's Essays
selected and translated by Anthony Weir
with glosses and comments.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne
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20.11.10

[Il y a] un certain respect qui nous attache, et un général devoir d'humanité, non aux bêtes seulement

qui ont vie et sentiment, mais aux arbres et aux plantes.

A certain respect is due from us and all humanity, not just to moving, feeling animals, but to trees and plants as well.

1 comment:

  1. Wofl20 November 2010 at 03:04

    Unfortunately this a sentiment at odds with the later, Cartesian view of animals by the French: that they are simply machines for us to use, sources of food and sport. To most modern French people the idea of respecting an animal as an animal is insane.

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