![]() He provides all the details we need to make it real. In place of abstract answers, Montaigne tells us what he did in each case, and what it felt like when he was doing it. He wondered constantly about the emotions and motives behind what people did.Īnd since he was the example closest to hand of a human going about its business, he wondered just as much about himself. This question drove him both to write and to read, for he was curious about all human lives, past and present. How to live a good life - meaning a correct or honorable life, but also a fully human, satisfying, flourishing one. Writing about oneself creates a mirror in which other people recognize their own humanity. “How to live?” : This is not the same as the ethical question, “How should one live?” I loved learning about Pyrrhonian Skepticism. ![]() Go to the Amazon page for details and reviews.Ī great biography of the original essayist Michel de Montaigne from the 1500’s, it also explores his philosophical questions. How to Live - by Sarah Bakewell | Derek Sivers Derek Sivers How to Live - by Sarah Bakewell ![]()
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