This lecture discusses key ideas from the Renaissance-era philosopher, critic, and essayist Michel De Montaigne's work Essays, specifically his essay On Moderation
It focuses upon Montaigne's claim that we human beings can treat even virtue and justice immoderately, when we go too far with it and lose a sense of proportion. He also advocates that we ought to be moderate in our indulgence in sexual pleasure in marriage, and notes that people use all sorts of painful remedies to keep pleasure in check, when we would be better off just behaving in a moderate and temperate manner
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