Michel de Montaigne

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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.

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Label	Occurrences
Michel de Montaigne canonical	39
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne	3
Montaigne	3
Pierre Eyquem de Montaigne	3
Montaigne’s essays	1

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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 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse	Françoise de la Chassaigne ⓘ
subjectOf	Montaigne studies ⓘ
termAsMayorOfBordeauxEnd	1585 ⓘ
termAsMayorOfBordeauxStart	1581 ⓘ
writingStyle	first-person introspective prose ⓘ

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