Well it appears that we have been philosophically opposed to
getting on with this project for a couple of months. The central issue, apart
from pure laziness, is a difficulty in identifying a new “ism” which provides
for clear rules and practical application.
So, instead of digging into a philosophy and adapting
ourselves to meet the espoused principles, we are instead going to take a page
out of one of the many books of English ponderer Michael de Montaigne. De
Montaigne advised his friends that if they wished to know who he truly was,
they should visit the library. The quotidian aspects of his own life were the
subject of his musings and he was more open and honest with his readers than
with anyone else. He analysed his own habits and behaviours, from what he liked
to eat to his preferred circumstances for taking a shit. A novel concept in the
16th century.
Living an analysed
life is central part of many philosophies and after a bit of poring over de
Montaigne’s essays, we’ll be back with some rules on doing just that.
Montaigne, The Essays
