Michel de Montaigne's View on the Structure of the Human Psyche

The human life is a meaningless mass of confusion. We were made helpless we will die helpless. Part of us is always tugging in a different direction. Nothing in a human's life is free, final, or constant. Due to the fact that human actions are so inconstant, life is a mass of confusion.
All humans were born helpless into this world and will die helpless to the world. As soon as we depart from our mother's womb we arrive in a place in which anything can happen to us. Thousands of diseases can attack the human body daily, many of which can kill a person, provided they are not given the proper medical attention. However, even with the best of medical care and a person's body will always start to fall apart. By the time they reach death, they are as helpless as a newborn baby.
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