“It is a sign of rawness and indigestion to disgorge food just as we swallowed it. The stomach has not done its work if it has not changed the condition and form of what has been given to cook.”

I.26 “Of the education of children (p. 134)

[Montaigne is specifically speaking about learning and the effect it should have on the pupil’s life. His emphasis on how what is learned itself changes and is assimilated into the body suggests a symbiotic relationship between one’s behavior and their learning.]