Quiz 22 Flashcards
In the religious wars of the Catholics and Protestants, which radical policy did Montaigne advocate?
Tolerance
What happened on St. Bartholomew’s Day in 1572?
A massacre of Protestants in Paris
What did Henry of Navarre have to do in order to enter Paris as King of France in 1592?
Turn Catholic
What is it that Montaigne “refuses”?
Certainty
What three things did Montaigne seem to learn from “the violent instability of French history”?
a.Tolerance b. Skepticism c.hatred for dogmatic positions
According to Montaigne, what does each man call “barbarism”?
whatever is not 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 cannibal very close to what?
Their original narturalness
How do the cannibals spend “the whole day”?
Dancing
What are the only two ethical rules preached by their elders during the morning meal?
a. Valor b. Love for their wives
what do the cannibals do to prophets who are wrong?
cut them into a thousand pieces
How do the cannibals treat their captives for a long time before they kill them?
with hospitality
According to Montaigne, Frenchmen act barbarously not only, “among ancient enemies” but also among________?
neighbors and fellow citizens
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
