Essays, Book 1, ch. 23 "On Custom and Not Easily Changing an Accepted Law [De la Coustume et de Ne Changer Aisément une Loy Receüe]" (1588-1592) (1.23) (1595) [tr. Lowenthal (1935)] - Montaigne, Michel de | WIST Quotations
Miracles arise from our ignorance of nature, not from nature itself. [Les miracles sont, selon l’ignorance en quoy nous sommes de la nature, non selon l’estre de la nature.] The original essay is from 1572; this passage was added in the "C" period, prior to Montaigne's death and the final…
