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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1.11.10

Le jambon fait boire. Le boire désaltère. Donc le jambon désaltère.

Salt ham makes you drink.
Drinking quenches your thirst.
Therefore salt ham quenches your thirst.

1 comment:

  1. Wofl1 November 2010 at 03:46

    This is a jokey example of a false syllogism, and is a gentle swipe at bad philosophy and theology.

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