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-"'''Et les Roys et les philosophes fientent, et les dames aussi]'''" (Both kings and philosophers shit, and ladies do, as well) is a dictum from [[Montaigne's Essays]][http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Essais/Livre_III/13].+"'''Et les Roys et les philosophes fientent, et les dames aussi'''" (Both kings and philosophers shit, and ladies do, as well) is a dictum from [[Essays (Montaigne) |Montaigne's Essays]], from the chapter "[[Of Experience]]" [http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Essais/Livre_III/13].
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 +Two historical translations:
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 +John Florio translation: "Kings and Philosophers obey nature, and goe to the stoole, and so doe Ladies."
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 +Charles Cotton translation: "Both kings and philosophers go to stool, and ladies too."
 +==Etymology==
 +'''Fientent''' is derived from fiente, from vulgar Latin ''[[fimum]]'', [[dung]], [[ordure]], [[excrement]].
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==See also== ==See also==
 +*"Au plus eslevé throne du monde si ne sommes assis que sus nostre cul" ("Upon the highest throne in the world, we are seated, still, upon our arses"), "[[Of Experience]]"[http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Essais/Livre_III/13], translated by Cotton as "when seated upon the most elevated throne in the world, we are but seated upon our breech."
*[[Corporeality in Montaigne]] *[[Corporeality in Montaigne]]
*[[Toilet philosophy]] *[[Toilet philosophy]]

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"Et les Roys et les philosophes fientent, et les dames aussi" (Both kings and philosophers shit, and ladies do, as well) is a dictum from Montaigne's Essays, from the chapter "Of Experience" [1].

Two historical translations:

John Florio translation: "Kings and Philosophers obey nature, and goe to the stoole, and so doe Ladies."

Charles Cotton translation: "Both kings and philosophers go to stool, and ladies too."

Etymology

Fientent is derived from fiente, from vulgar Latin fimum, dung, ordure, excrement.

See also

  • "Au plus eslevé throne du monde si ne sommes assis que sus nostre cul" ("Upon the highest throne in the world, we are seated, still, upon our arses"), "Of Experience"[2], translated by Cotton as "when seated upon the most elevated throne in the world, we are but seated upon our breech."
  • Corporeality in Montaigne
  • Toilet philosophy
  • Egality




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