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About Michel Montaigne

Michel Montaigne was a 16th-century French author, philosopher, and statesman. Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne, commonly known as just Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularising the essay as a literary genre. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Family — The ties of kinship, parenting, and unconditional love

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“Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.”
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