[13] Wecallthisjargonpoeticalbeauty.—, PascalrefersheretoMalherbeandhisschool.
[14] Nequidnimis.—Nothinginexcess, acelebratedmaximinancientGreekphilosophy.
[15] Thatepigramabouttwoone-eyedpeople.—’s, butistobefoundinEpigrammatumDelectus, publishedbyPort-Royalin1659.
Lumine ?ondextro, captaestLeonillasinistro,, lumenquodhabesconcedeparenti,Sictuc?cusAmor, siceritiliaVenus.
[16] Ambitiosarecidetornamenta.—Horace, DeArtePoetica, 447.
[17] Cartesian.—OnewhofollowsthephilosophyofDescartes (1596-1650), "thefatherofmodernphilosophy."
[18] LeMa?tre.—AfamousFrenchadvocateinPascal’, andonthefirstpageoccursthewordrépandre: "Dieuquirépanddesaveuglementsetdesténèbressurlespassionsillégitimes." Pascal’sreferenceisprobablytothispassage.
[19] TheCardinal.—.
[20] SaintThomas.—ThomasAquinas (1223-74), oneofthegreatestscholasticphilosophers.
[21] Charron.—AfriendofMontaigne.HisTraité delaSagesse (1601), whichisnotalargebook, contains117chapters, eachofwhichissubdivided.
[22] OftheconfusionofMontaigne.—TheEssaysofMontaignefolloweachotherwithoutanykindoforder.
[23] MademoiselledeGournay.—TheadopteddaughterofMontaigne.Shepublishedin1595aneditionofhisEssais, and, inaPreface (addedlater), shedefendshimonthispoint.
[24] Peoplewithouteyes.—Montaigne, Essais, ii, 12.
[25] Squaringthecircle.—Ibid., ii, 14.
[26] Agreaterworld.—Ibid., ii, 12.
[27] Onsuicideandondeath.—Ibid., ii, 3.
[28] Withoutfearandwithoutrepentance.—Ibid., iii., 2.
