Michel de Montaigne
French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (28 February 1533 — 13 September 1592) was a French Renaissance man,[2] statesman, and writer. He was a court official in the late Valois-Angoulême period of the Kingdom of France. Montaigne was the inventor of essay-writing and was one of the most important philosophers of the French Renaissance.
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Born | Château de Montaigne, Guyenne, Kingdom of France | February 28, 1533
Died | September 13, 1592 Château de Montaigne, Guyenne, Kingdom of France | (aged 59)
Period | French Renaissance |
Genres | Essays, non-fiction |
Subjects | Christianity, classics, education, human nature, morals, philosophy, science, truth |
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- Essays Archived 2005-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
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