Title That Intention is Judge of our Actions

Author Michel de Montaigne

Kind of Book Essay

How strongly I recommend it 8/10 

My Impressions

Practical Takeaways

  • Don't order things to be done after you die that you wouldn't do while you're still alive-

 

Big Ideas

  • (some say that) After we die we are free from all of our obligations

  • Death does not relieve us of our obligations

  • We should not order immoral things to be done after we die expecting to have a clean conscience (because Afterall we are will be dead).

  • Repenting for what you did requires you to sacrifice (while you're still alive)