This blog exists because of my wish to build a community of Readers who read in order to find wisdom. You will not find blog posts on here discussing contemporary fiction. I believe that if the reader is not in pursuit in wisdom, than they are in pursuit of entertainment. The great books of the world are the sole interest of this blog. And I want to yank the discussion about these books out of any sort of academic setting.
As the reader of these posts will see, I am a devout follower of Michel De Montaigne. Montaigne was also a seeker of wisdom, and approached his Essais as a human being who is in the process of discovering and changing, and searching, and letting his readers become a part of his journey. In fact, this whole site is dedicated to Montaigne, and Shakespeare and Cervantes, who I believe are the greatest secular teachers of wisdom to have ever existed. This site will host discussions about those three giants of thought, along with other fellow seekers of wisdom, written by a person who is not an academic, but is instead a deep reader of books that contain wisdom.
The thoughts and stories below are given in love for all of those who seek to know this world and the people in it better by reading. – Truly yours, The Misfit.