Michel de Montaigne

E51252
French philosopher Renaissance humanist essayist human philosopher writer

Michel de Montaigne was a 16th-century French philosopher and writer best known for pioneering the essay as a literary form and for his deeply personal, skeptical reflections on human nature.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne 1
Montaigne 1

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French philosopher ⓘ
Renaissance humanist ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthName Michel de Montaigne self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
burialPlace Bordeaux ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1533-02-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1592-09-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Collège de Guyenne ⓘ
era Renaissance philosophy ⓘ
familyName Eyquem ⓘ
father Pierre Eyquem ⓘ
genre autobiographical writing ⓘ
essay ⓘ
philosophical literature ⓘ
givenName Michel ⓘ
hasPartInWork “Of Cannibals” ⓘ
“Of Experience” ⓘ
“Of Friendship” ⓘ
influenced Blaise Pascal ⓘ
Francis Bacon ⓘ
Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
influencedBy Cicero ⓘ
Lucretius ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
Seneca the Younger ⓘ
Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
knownFor personal reflections on human nature ⓘ
pioneering the essay as a literary form ⓘ
skeptical philosophy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
mother Antoinette de Louppes ⓘ
motto Que sais-je? ⓘ
movement Renaissance humanism ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ
name Michel de Montaigne self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
nobleTitle Lord of Montaigne ⓘ
notableIdea development of the essay as a literary form ⓘ
introspective self-examination ⓘ
philosophical skepticism ⓘ
notableWork Essais ⓘ
Essays ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
magistrate ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Château de Montaigne ⓘ
France ⓘ
Périgord ⓘ
Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne ⓘ
placeOfDeath Château de Montaigne ⓘ
France ⓘ
Périgord ⓘ
Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne ⓘ
positionHeld Bordeaux city councillor ⓘ
Mayor of Bordeaux ⓘ
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Françoise de la Chassaigne ⓘ
subjectOf Montaigne studies ⓘ
termAsMayorOfBordeauxEnd 1585 ⓘ
termAsMayorOfBordeauxStart 1581 ⓘ
writingStyle first-person introspective prose ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Michel de Montaigne → birthName → Michel de Montaigne self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Lucretius → influenced → Michel de Montaigne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montaigne
Plutarch → influenced → Michel de Montaigne ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau → influencedBy → Michel de Montaigne ⓘ
Michel de Montaigne → name → Michel de Montaigne self-link ⓘ
French Renaissance → notableFigure → Michel de Montaigne ⓘ
Representative Men → subject → Michel de Montaigne ⓘ