Michel Montaign

Montaign begins by talking about how people seek to make things right after their death. His example of this is with King Henry the Seventh. The author then goes on to claim that people are excused if promises that are beyond their strength or means because many events are outside of their control. This has a main affect on the reputation of deceased persons, like venting about someone in a last will hurts their image. Montaign calls people like this unjust judges because the person they are accusing cannot rebuttal to a dead person. The concept of promises and curses after death is meant to highlight that the intention is what matters most.
Montaign then shifts to talk about “idleness” which I interpret as meditation, he says that letting his mind flow freely, uninterrupted, allows his mind to be the most creative and most active. He says he intentionally does this and writes down whatever comes to mind. This is similar to the free writing exercises in many English classes.
Montaign then moves onto the topic of liars. He begins by describing his poor memory and recall and how it has affected his life and how people treat him, sometimes blaming him for doing it on purpose.   He also talks about the burden to society those who can’t remeber things are. He says the silver lining  is not being able to remeber when he’s been hurt by something or someone. Montaign then comes back to the idea of intentionality, saying they an untruth is stating something wrong when you think it is right but a lie is saying something you know to be false. Montaign then explores some social aspects of lying, like how it is bad but people do it because they are human.
Montaign comments on the role of a business to make a profit or to serve the people, and briefly mentions educating children.