This is one of those early Montaigne essays that seems highly out of date due to the focus on anxient military tactics. My first time around, I filibustered by ranging over several tangential points, from something Paul Krugman wrote that morning to an observation about Malcolm Lowry’s UNDER THE VOLCANO. What that novel has to … Continue reading 15: One is Punished for Stubbornly Defending a Fort without a Good Reason