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Thumbs, Maxims, and Regret
Leave a commentNovember 6, 2021 by libroshombre
“Doctors say that our thumb is our master-finger and that our French word for it, ‘pouce,’ derives from the Latin …
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Essays, Agnotology, and Ignorance
Leave a commentFebruary 8, 2016 by libroshombre
I’ve been thinking about Michel Montaigne, the 16th century writer, wine grower, and counselor to kings, even more than …
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