tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797736346912018.post2772562776917907908..comments2023-03-29T15:18:36.037-07:00Comments on Les sagesses de Montaigne The wisdom of Montaigne: Puis que ce n'est par conscience, au moins par ambition refusons l'ambition.Woflhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10215884001340285492noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797736346912018.post-53683835489698853862011-01-30T02:57:48.597-08:002011-01-30T02:57:48.597-08:00see:
http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SL...see:<br />http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/ideas/new%20knowledge/montaigne.htmlWoflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10215884001340285492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797736346912018.post-31658672195663408342011-01-30T02:55:11.534-08:002011-01-30T02:55:11.534-08:00'Conscience' more often means consciousnes...'Conscience' more often means consciousness or awareness in French, but here it could mean both.<br /><br />It is in such sentences that we see the appeal of Montaigne for Shakespeare, who adapted several of his reflections for use in his plays.<br /><br />In this gnomic statement he sets worldly ambition (vainglory) against the much less harmful and dangerous ambition for truth and truthful (not rueful) wise serenity.Woflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10215884001340285492noreply@blogger.com