Michel de Montaigne Quote

There is a certain consideration, and a general duty of humanity, that binds us not only to the animals, which have life and feeling, but even to the trees and plants. We owe justice to people, and kindness and benevolence to all other creatures who may be susceptible of it. There is some intercourse between them and us, and some mutual obligation.


Essays (ed. 1958)


There is a certain consideration, and a general duty of humanity, that binds us not only to the animals, which have life and feeling, but even to the ...

There is a certain consideration, and a general duty of humanity, that binds us not only to the animals, which have life and feeling, but even to the ...

There is a certain consideration, and a general duty of humanity, that binds us not only to the animals, which have life and feeling, but even to the ...

There is a certain consideration, and a general duty of humanity, that binds us not only to the animals, which have life and feeling, but even to the ...