Philip Stanhope vs. Michel de Montaigne
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Philip Stanhope
1584 – 1656
Philip Stanhope may refer to:Philip Stanhope, English Civil War Royalist colonel Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584–1656), English peer Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield (1634–1714), English peer, grandson of the 1st Earl Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield (1673–1726), English peer, son of the 2nd Earl Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1793), English peer, son of the 3rd Earl Philip Stanhope (diplomat) (1732–1768), illegitimate son of the 4th Earl of Chesterfield and recipient of his Letters Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield (1755–1815), British Ambassador to Spain, 1784–1786, and Master of the Mint, 1789–1790, adopted son of the 4th Earl Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope (1714–1786), son of the 1st Earl Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope (1781–1855), English politician Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805–1875), English historian, son of the 4th Earl Philip Stanhope, 1st Baron Weardale (1847–1923), British Liberal politician
"There are some occasions in which a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest; but there is seldom one in which a man should tell all. Great s…"
Michel de Montaigne
1533 – 1592
Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne, commonly known as just Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularising the essay as a literary genre. His work is noted for its merging of casual anecdotes and autobiography with intellectual insight.
"If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I."
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