Michel de Montaigne
Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne ( ; ; ; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), commonly known as Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. His work is noted for its merging of casual anecdotes and autobiography with intellectual insight. Montaigne had a direct influence on numerous Western writers; his massive volume ''Essais'' contains some of the most influential essays ever written.During his lifetime, Montaigne was admired more as a statesman than as an author. The tendency in his essays to digress into anecdotes and personal ruminations was seen as detrimental to proper style rather than as an innovation, and his declaration that "I am myself the matter of my book" was viewed by his contemporaries as self-indulgent. In time, however, Montaigne came to be recognized as embodying, perhaps better than any other author of his time, the spirit of freely entertaining doubt that began to emerge at that time. He is most famously known for his skeptical remark, "" ("What do I know?", in Middle French; now rendered as "" in modern French). Provided by Wikipedia
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by Montaigne, Michel de
Published 1776
Published 1776
printed for J. Pote, E. Ballard, C. Bathurst, T. Davies, T. Payne, J. F. and G. Rivington, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law, T. Caslon, J. Robson, W. Ginger, T. Evans, and E. Johnston
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by Montaigne, Michel de
Published 1759
Published 1759
printed for S. and E. Ballard, J. Clarke, D. Browne, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, A. Millar, J. Pote, C. Bathurst, B. Barker, T. Payne, T. Waller, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Longman, P. Davey and B. Law, C. Corbet, and P. Brindley
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by Montaigne, Michel de
Published 1743
Published 1743
printed for B. and B. Barker, G. Strahan, S. Ballard, D. Browne, C. Hitch, J. Clarke, J. Brindley, B. Creake, J. Pote, R. Chandler, C. Corbett, R. Wellington, J. Hodges, C. Bathurst, E. Commyns, W. Calwell, and J. New
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by Montaigne, Michel de
Published 1701
Published 1701
printed for R. Smith, at the Angel and Bible without Temple-Barr
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by Montaigne, Michel de
Published 1711
Published 1711
[printed for Daniel Brown, J. Nicholson, R. Wellington, B. Tooke, B. Barker, G. Strahan, R. Smith, and G. Harris. [and 3 others in London]
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by Montaigne, Michel de
Published 1800
Published 1800
printed by Luke Hansard, Great Turnstile, Lincoln's-Inn Fields, for T. Cadell, jun. & W. Davies, in the Strand, and E. Harding, No 98, Pall-Mall
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