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Michel de Montaigne

Born

in Guyenne, France

June 13, 1532

Died

September 13, 1592

Genre

Essays, Philosophy, Classics

Influences

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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1532-1592) was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. Montaigne is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. He became famous for his effortless ability to merge serious intellectual speculation with casual anecdotes and autobiography—and his massive volume Essais (translated literally as "Attempts") contains, to this day, some of the most widely influential essays ever written. Montaigne had a direct influence on writers the world over, from William Shakespeare to René Descartes, from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Stephan Zweig, from Friedrich Nietzsche to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He was a conservative and earnest Catholic but, as a result of his anti-dogmatic cast of mind, he is consi ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 35,943 ratings · 2,587 reviews · 1,554 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Complete Essays 4.23 avg rating — 21,991 ratings — published 1580 — 1128 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Friendship 3.65 avg rating — 1,390 ratings — published 1580 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essais 4.06 avg rating — 1,185 ratings — published 1580 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters by Michel de Montaigne, William Hazlitt (editor), Donald M. Frame (Translator) 4.46 avg rating — 1,067 ratings — published 1592 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing 3.50 avg rating — 1,313 ratings — published 1592 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Solitude 3.62 avg rating — 1,146 ratings — published 1580 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Сонгомол эсээнүүд by Michel de Montaigne, Г. Аюурзана (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.31 avg rating — 545 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Montaigne, Essais (I,31 et III,6) - Edition bilingue (Retour au texte) 2.88 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 1998 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Essays of Montaigne - Volume 02 4.26 avg rating — 361 ratings — published 1580 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essais III 4.10 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 1572 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Essays of Montaigne (3 books)
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Confessions by Augustine of Hippo, January 1, 378, 341 pp

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The Complete Essays of Michel de Montaigne by Michel de Montaigne, 1595, 416 pp

42 votes, 17.9%

The Fortune of the Rougons by Émile Zola, 1870, 348 pp

40 votes, 17.1%

New Grub Street by George Gissing, 1891, 560 pp

33 votes, 14.1%

Love in Excess by Eliza Fowler Haywood, 1719, 286 pp

29 votes, 12.4%

Ball of Fat Short-story by Guy de Maupassant, 1880, 38 pp

24 votes, 10.3%

Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley, 1899, 378 pp

11 votes, 4.7%

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