1533 - 1592

Nationality:
French

Historical Period:
The Renaissance and the Reformation

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) was a French Renaissance sceptic and humanist who is best known for his Essays in which he explored the human condition in a very personal and clever manner.

Titles:

• Author: Essays of Montaigne, in 10 vols.
• Author: Essays of Montaigne, Vol. 1
• Author: Essays of Montaigne, Vol. 2
• Author: Essays of Montaigne, vol. 3
• Author: Essays of Montaigne, vol. 4
• Author: Essays of Montaigne, vol. 5
• Author: Essays of Montaigne, vol. 6
• Author: Essays of Montaigne, vol. 7
• Author: Essays of Montaigne, vol. 8
• Author: Essays of Montaigne, vol. 9
• Author: Life and Letters of Montaigne with Notes and Index, vol. 10

Quotations:

• Montaigne argues that is right and proper for a people to speak ill of a "faulty prince" after his death (1580)
• Michel Montaigne on the danger of becoming accustomed to state power (1580)

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