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  • Compared with his fairly con - sistent Stoic stance in other essays, Montaigne's skepti - cal Apologie offers yet another manifestation of par - adoxy, as this longest of his essays makes its extraor - dinary plea for a suspiciously Christian Pyrrhonism.

    LITERARY PARADOX ROSALIE L. COLIE 1968

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