Or it means that people who acquire knowledge and reasoning skills practically are better than those who have been taught it by authority without needing to test it.
(If we assume peasant to include intelligent and competent people in their fields like blacksmiths, officers etc; and education to be primarily rote learning of classics.)
Montaigne
Strikes a blow against education as the source of reason, but also strikes a blow against reason requiring training. Ambivalent.
Or it means that people who acquire knowledge and reasoning skills practically are better than those who have been taught it by authority without needing to test it. (If we assume peasant to include intelligent and competent people in their fields like blacksmiths, officers etc; and education to be primarily rote learning of classics.)