Everyone’s thought processes are so different from each
other’s that it’s no wonder that there is a large amount of people voicing out
different opinions. If everyone agreed to the same thing every time the world
would have peace or perhaps even no world hunger. The fact is though that
without friction there is no fun. Michael Montaigne, a great writer, had many
views on society such as; education, marriage, religion etc. He didn’t always
see the same way as Foster, but they always had some overlaps in there way of
thinking.
Montaigne was an incredible philosopher. He had different
thought processes compared to other people of his time. He was more distant in
his writings compared to other philosophers of his time. Marriage, for example,
he thought it was necessary for raising children, but thought the romantic
feelings that came with it were unnecessary. He also, like many people of his
time, was a Christian. Even though he was Christian he incorporated many non-christian
authors into his work. In education he favored more concrete ideas and facts
rather than abstract thoughts and opinions. He didn’t want the abstract
knowledge to be accepted by students uncritically by the church, but he wanted
them to think for themselves.
In Foster’s writing he states that the world is to
massive to explain everything that’s going on in anyone’s lives at any given time.
Montaigne, although he did not state in directly, was extremely fascinated with
how people behaved, their motives, and ideas. People act so differently with
one another. We crave human interaction but enjoy inflicting pain on others.
Like in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice everyone is so proud and had their chins
held up so high so much conflict was cause by people’s inability to connect to
the other person. Both Montaigne and Foster enjoyed the way people think and
enjoy how life worked. If Montaigne didn’t he wouldn’t have published his book.
He wouldn’t look for accreditation from other people.
Montaigne in his writing was more detached to the regular
human emotions. He would choose things not for the emotional part of it but the
more practical side of the situation. Although very smart, he wanted things to
be concrete and emotions practically out of the equation. Most emotions cause
people to have poor judgment. They would always choose the best thing not for
the situation, but either for their loved ones of themselves. He might not have
been as unemotional as he portrays himself to be, but he definitely wanted
other people to behave how he wanted them too.
Austen, Foster, and Montaigne all had something in common
in either their works or what interested them. The human ideas were
incorporated into their thinking. They were incredible authors that all believed
life was incredible. People made it interesting albeit not the best it could be
but truly interesting. Everything behaves in a way that is so hard to
comprehend that it is for this very reason it’s hard to understand everything that’s
going on. Everyone is unique in their thoughts that there are now 7 billion
different thoughts and ideas.
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