Quiz 22 Flashcards
In the religious wars of the Catholics and Protestants, what radical policy did Montaigne advocate?
Tolerance
What happened on St. Batholomews day in 1572?
Protestants were slaughtered in Paris
What did Henry of Navarre have to do in order to enter Paris as King of France in 1592?
become catholic
What is it the Montaigne refuses?
certainty
What three things did Montaigne seem to learn from “the violent instability of French History”?
- tolerance
- skepticism about human self-interest
- hatred of dogmatic positions
According to Montaigne, what does each man call “barbarism”?
whatever is not in his own practice
What does Montaigne say our inventions have smothered?
mother nature
According to Montaigne, being fashioned very little by the human mind makes the cannibals very close to what?
their original naturalness
How do the cannibals spend the whole day?
dancing
What are the only two ethical rules preached by their elder during the morning meal?
- resoluteness in war
2. affection for their wives
What do the cannibals do to prophets who are wrong?
cut them into a thousand tiny pieces
How do the cannibals treat their captives for a long time before they kill them?
well with hospitality
According to Montaigne, what do the cannibals not fight for the conquest of?
new lands
According to Montaigne what is more important in combat than strength and quickness?
valor
Why do the cannibal women “strive and scheme” for their husbands to have many wives?
they are more concerned with their husbands valor
