 It is a nation, would I answer Plato, that hath no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superioritie ; no use of service, of riches or of povertie ; no contracts, no successions,...  Montaigne the essayist, a biography - Page 85by Bayle St. John - 1858Full view - About this book
 | Melvyn Richter - 1977 - 372 pages
...Montaigne, for example, wrote of the Brazilians that they were "a nation, - that hathe no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superiorite; no use of service, or riches, or of poverty; no contracts, no successions, no... | |
 | Bernard Sheehan - 1980 - 276 pages
...negative terms the classic characterization of savage life. Native society "hath no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of povertie; no contracts, no successions, no partitions, no occupations but idle; no respect of kindred,... | |
 | Philip Edwards - 2004 - 264 pages
...translation (1603), which runs: It is a nation, would I answer Plato, that hath no kinds of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate. . .; no use of service, of riches or of povertie; no contracts, no successions, no partitions, no occupation... | |
 | Tom Sorell - 1993 - 372 pages
...Montaigne drew on this tradition in picturing a pure and simple people, who hath no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superioritie; no use of 2 Lucretius, De rerum natura, 5. 922-1455. 1 Horace, Satires, 3. i.... | |
 | Willem Melching, Wyger Velema - 1994 - 288 pages
..."natural" society maintained with "little art," a society in which there would be "no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate." But for Hobbes this is simply a recipe for chaos. When he describes "the natural condition of mankind"... | |
 | Samuel R. Delany - 1996 - 396 pages
...lands of the American Indians: It is a nation, I would answer Plato, that hath no kind of traffic, no knowledge of letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politic superiority; no use of service, of riches, or of poverty; no contracts, no successions, no partitions,... | |
 | Corinna Ruth - 1996 - 132 pages
...untouched by the civilized European, Montaigne describes "A nation... that hath no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superioritie; no use of service, of riches or of povertie; no contracts, no successions, no... | |
 | Eric Cheyfitz - 1997 - 280 pages
...traffike, no knowledge of Letters, DO intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superioritie; no use of service, of riches or of povertie;...occupation but idle; no respect of kindred, but common, no apparell but natural], no manuring of lands, no use of wine, corne, or mettle. The very words that... | |
 | Margery Hourihan - 1997 - 272 pages
...praised them because diey lacked the characteristics of civilized society: It is a nation . . . diat hath no kind of trafficke, no knowledge of Letters,...intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superioritie; no use of service, of riches or of povertie; no contracts, no successions, no... | |
 | Margery Hourihan - 1997 - 266 pages
...numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superioritie; no use of service, of riches or of poverties no contracts, no successions, no partitions, no occupation but idle; no respect of kindred but common, no apparrell but natural!, no manuring of lands, no use of wine, corne or mettle. The very words that... | |
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