D.M. Frame

August 10, 2025, 8:43 PM

From page 131:

"In 1580, the French essayist Michel de Montaigne astutely observed:

I have often noticed that (scents) cause changes in me, and act on my spirits according to their qualities; which make me agree with the theory that the introduction of incense and perfume into churches, so ancient and widespread a practice among all nations and religions, was for the purpose of raising our spirits, and of exciting and purifying our senses, the better to fit us for contemplation. (see endnote #22 on page 362).

From page 362, Endnote #22:

D.M. Frame, trans., The Complete Essays of Montaigne (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1965, page 229.)