It is not reasonable that art should win the place of honor over our great and powerful mother Nature. We have so overloaded the beauty and richness of her works by our inventions that we have quite smothered her.
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About Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne was a 16th-century French author, philosopher, and statesman. Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne, commonly known as just Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularising the essay as a literary genre. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Nature — Appreciation for the natural world and our place within it