Montaigne Flashcards
1
Q
Why we shouldn’t be called happy until we are dead
A
Happiness is retrospective
Life is a complete story and we don’t know whether it has a good or bad ending until the end
Death is the final judgment
2
Q
The way that our character comes at times of stress and at the moments of our deaths
A
We can think that we are courageous, charitable, strong
We know people’s character when they are tested
- Their actions and reactions allow us to determine if these virtues are real
- We only know really know a person’s character when it is tested
