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That to Philosophise Is to Learne How to Die, by Michel de Montaigne

Harvard Classics
Harvard Classics
Episode • Sep 24, 2021 • 31m

The Romans made an art of dying. The Egyptians looked on death with complacency. Moderns fear it. Montaigne argues that the purpose of philosophy is to teach men how to die. (Volume 32, Harvard Classics)

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