Michel de Montaigne

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, also known as Lord of Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. His work is noted for its merging of casual anecdotes and autobiography with intellectual insight.

The Complete Essays

Michel de Montaigne

The Essays are among the foremost peculiar and individual works in all writing and give an locks in knowledge into a shrewd Renaissance intellect, proceeding to deliver delight and illumination to modern perusers.