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…So Was Montaigne an Atheist or a Christian Sceptic?
Montaigne Used Pyrrhonian Scepticism To Undermine Ficino’s Doctrine Of Melancholic Inspiration. He also found scepticism a useful weapon to turn against the Protestants. This had nothing to do with his being an “atheist”, but, as M. A. Screech points out in Montaigne and Melancholy, everything to do with a defence of Roman Catholic orthodoxy. Continue reading
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Tagged Augustine, Christian folly, Corinthians, Ecclesiastes, Examinen Vanitatis, Ficino, Giovanni, MA Screech, Michel de Montaigne, Montaigne and Melancholy, Pico Della Mirandola, Pyrrho, Pyrrhonian, Saint Paul, scepticism, Sextus Empiricus
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Montaigne Used Pyrrhonian Scepticism To Undermine Ficino’s Doctrine Of Melancholic Inspiration
The doctrine of melancholic inspiration was introduced by Marsilio Ficino into the court of Cosimo de’ Medici. However, Montaigne used the scepticism of Pyrrho to undermine the Ficinian doctrine… Continue reading
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