...justly defines Montaigne's position when he says: "This then is the right ground of the sceptic, — this of consideration, of self-containing ; not at...all of universal denying, nor of universal doubting; . . . least of all of scoffing and profligate jeering at all that is stable and good." And such a one...

...what we know, for certain; what we have, let it be solid, and seasonable, and our own. A world in the hand is worth two in the bush. Let us have to do with...real men and women, and not with skipping ghosts. — MONTAIGNE All the great ages have been ages of belief. I mean, when there was any extraordinary...

...what we know, for certain ; what we have, let it be solid and seasonable and our own. A world in the hand is worth two in the bush. Let us have to do with...doubting even that he doubts; least of all of scoffing anc profligate jeering at all that is stable and good. These are no more his moods than are those of...

...herangezogene Bedeutung des zugrundeliegenden griechischen Verbums ("suchend umherblicken") nahelegt: This then is the right ground of the skeptic, this...self-containing; not at all of unbelief: not at all ol universal denying, nor of universal doubting, doubting even that he doubts; least of all of scoffing...

...Century. í. Annotate, showing the persona and the types or faculties of mind referred to : — (1) This, then, is the right ground of the skeptic, this of consideration, of eelf-containing. (2) In short a balanced eonl was born, perceptive of the two elements. (3) This power...