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Quotation from Essays by Michel de Montaigne
“I study myself more than any other subject; ‘tis my metaphysic, my physic”
Essays, Book III, Ch. XIII, 'Of Experience', trans. Charles Cotton (1685-1686)
In the final essay Montaigne sets self-knowledge above learned systems, calling it both his philosophy and his medicine.
Citation: "I study myself more than any other subject; ‘tis my metaphysic, my physic" — Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Book III, Ch. XIII, 'Of Experience', trans. Charles Cotton (1685-1686). (id essays-montaigne-q11)
Portrait: Portrait of Michel de Montaigne by unknown painter in the Musée Condé, anonymous, Public domain.
