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Address answer appears argument attempt audience authority becomes begins body Boétie Boétie's called career chapter Charles claims constitutes continue contradiction critical crucial death defined describes Discourse Divinity doubt dream Emerson essay existence experience expression face fact faith fate fear feels figure final force friendship give hope human Hume Hume's Idealism ideas identity imagines indicates inner interpretation journal judgment language lesson letters loss lost matter meaning merely mind Montaigne Montaigne's moral nature never Norton object opinion origin passage philosophy poet present Press principle problem question readers realization reason reflection regard relation relationship remains represents says seems sense significance skepticism society soul special relative spirit struggle suggests sympathy theory things thought tion true truth turn Unitarian University vision Whicher Wordsworth writes