{"id":27396,"date":"2016-03-25T13:45:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T17:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=27396"},"modified":"2016-03-25T13:45:23","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T17:45:23","slug":"depositions-introduction-montaigne-answers-lifes-great-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=27396","title":{"rendered":"Depositions: Introduction, Montaigne answers life’s great questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve noticed that a preponderance of the search terms that bring people to Sidebar<\/strong> concern depositions. And I have often responded. Well, maybe “often” is understating the case: see here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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And here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So I’m thinking you’d all like to see an entire deposition transcript, right?<\/p>\n

Conveniently, I recently conducted my own deposition of a well-known guy who was not a defendant but was<\/em> an expert in the area of my concern and, indeed, bewilderment: life’s great questions.<\/p>\n

For many years, I’ve been pondering those questions–which happen to be within rock ‘n’ roll song lyrics. Despite no research whatsoever–I can be lazy about such hi-falutin’ intellectual matters–I was never able to come up with authoritative answers. I mean, “Wouldn’t it be nice?” Yeah, so? “What do you get when you fall in love?” Not answering that<\/em> one.<\/p>\n

But I knew who could and would: the great, often scatological, erotic and witty philosopher, storyteller and creator of the personal essay, Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592). Montaigne’s day job was as a lawyer and government official in Bordeaux, where I once spent a week running around after him.<\/p>\n

I spent a great deal more time than a week reading all one thousand two hundred and sixty-nine pages of Montaigne’s essays (Penguin Classics edition, translated and annotated by the marvelously named M.A. Screech).<\/p>\n

The next post is the entire transcription of my deposition of Montaigne, who arrived at my office without a lawyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve noticed that a preponderance of the search terms that bring people to Sidebar concern depositions. And I have often responded. Well, maybe “often” is understating the case: see here, here, here, here, here… And here. And here. And here. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1175],"tags":[298],"class_list":["post-27396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-facts-of-life","tag-depositions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t