The Apology For Raymond Sebond

In The Apology for Raymond Sebond, Montaigne references scientists and mathematicians in order to support his argument against certainty because human knowledge continually changes. For example, when Montaigne writes about shifts in human understanding of astronomy, he argues that if Greek philosophers could contradict the universally held belief that the sky and stars revolve around earth and then be confirmed by Copernicus one thousand years later, one would expect that another theory will replace the preceding in another thousand years. Montaigne reminds his readers that people held tight to other principles before Aristotle’s came along and that Aristotle’s ideas would also likely be discarded as human reason evolves. Montaigne also cites