Michel de montaigne

Montaigne’s essays chart the course of twenty years of self-investigation, Jane Kramer writes.

As disease and war ravaged the nation, he left town and invented the essay.

French Renaissance writer Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), celebrated as the father of modern skepticism, pioneered the essay as a literary genre and penned some of the most enduring, influential...

"We are probably in the presence of Michel de Montaigne," the museum's director, Laurent Vedrine, said. "We need to check."

What do we really know about the philosopher who invented liberalism?

“Don't fool yourself with excuses about being too busy. . . . During the course of writing his essays, Montaigne served two terms as mayor, traveled internationally as a dignitary and was a confidante of the King. He never let any of that stop him from his real job. . . .”

Michel de Montaigne Essays? What exactly are they and what genre do they fit into and why do we care? I think in the quest for self enlightenment and education, it's imperative we expose ourselves (not literally, but literarily - *grin*) to all forms of literature and ideas. Surprisingly, when I first started thinking about the idea of essays, I went on line and found very little. The search for essay brought up scores of hits on how to write an essay. I grabbed my newish 2003 World book…

Michel Foucault

Is it a good thing for a novel to stimulate our emotions? Montaigne, Brecht and others thought not.

Essais (Essays) by Michel de Montaigne