The universal vs. the particular

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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.

Michel de Montaigne

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The universal vs. the particular The human condition

Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

Of Profit and Honesty Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Du Repentir [Of Repentance]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "On Repenting." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

In my lifetime I have seen Frenchmen, Italians, Russians, etc.; thanks to Montesquieu, I even know that one can be Persian. But as for man, I declare that I have never in my life met him; if he exists, he exists unknown to me.

Joseph de Maistre

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Topic

The universal vs. the particular Nature of man

Author

Joseph de Maistre

Source

Considerations on France

Genre

Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

French

Time

1796 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Maistre, Joseph. "De l'influence divine dans les constitutions politiques [On Divine Influence in Political Constitutions]." Considérations sur la France [Considerations on France]. Paris, 1796.

Current Citation

Maistre, Joseph. "On Divine Influence in Political Constitutions." Considerations on France, edited by Richard A. Lebrun. Cambridge University Press, 1995.