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Parts / organs in Montaigne organs of generation (267)

Every man knows by experience that there are parts that often move, stand up, and lie down, without his
leave. Now these passions which touch only the rind of us cannot be called ours (271)
[sexual] pleasure transports us so far beyond ourselves that our reason could not possibly then
perform its function (313)
But we may sometimes, if we will, cast our soul back to other thoughts at this very instant. But we must
tense and stiffen it vigilantly. I know that it is possible to master the onset of this pleasure (313)

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