Philosopher · Early modern period · France
Michel de Montaigne
1533–1592
French nobleman who retired to his tower to write the Essays, inventing the essay as a form and asking on his seal, what do I know. His skepticism, learned from Sextus Empiricus, shaped Descartes. He lived 1533 to 1592.
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- Born
- 1533, near Bordeaux, France.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Montaigne
- Died
- 1592, at his estate near Bordeaux.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Montaigne
- School
- Renaissance skepticism.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Montaigne
- Known for
- The Essays, three books of self examination published from 1580, and the motto Que sais je, what do I know.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Montaigne
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