Montaigne [puts] not self-satisfied understanding but a consciousness astonished at itself at the core of human existence.
Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1964). “Signs”, p.203, Northwestern University Press
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Montaigne [puts] not self-satisfied understanding but a consciousness astonished at itself at the core of human existence.