My Response To Montaigne's Irony 'Of Cannibals'
Kussy Mafadee
Foundation 2
Assignment 1
My response to Montaigne’s piece, which I find the irony of his philosophy very intense. He has an inexhaustible curiosity for knowledge of human, society, nature, and literature. However, Montaigne used criticizing in the ideas of his time in a way that mixes humor with serious.
In which he ended his essay, “Of Cannibals” sarcastically by saying “All this does not sound very ill, and the last was not at all amiss, for they wear no breeches.” He found in "primitive" societies to be respected. Montaigne recounts what this traveler has told him to conclude that those whom people call cannibals are actually more interested in nature and more compassionate to one another, and more adamant in their
Foundation 2
Assignment 1
My response to Montaigne’s piece, which I find the irony of his philosophy very intense. He has an inexhaustible curiosity for knowledge of human, society, nature, and literature. However, Montaigne used criticizing in the ideas of his time in a way that mixes humor with serious.
In which he ended his essay, “Of Cannibals” sarcastically by saying “All this does not sound very ill, and the last was not at all amiss, for they wear no breeches.” He found in "primitive" societies to be respected. Montaigne recounts what this traveler has told him to conclude that those whom people call cannibals are actually more interested in nature and more compassionate to one another, and more adamant in their