Michel Montaigne

Like Michel Montaigne and Theodore Zeldin, Catherine Blyth believes in the timeless value of good conversation.

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Like Michel Montaigne and Theodore Zeldin, Catherine Blyth believes in the timeless value of good conversation.

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Michel Montaigne 1533–92 was a generation older than Champlain and in the same humanist tradition.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Michel Montaigne 1533–92 was a generation older than Champlain and in the same humanist tradition.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

'Hamlet,' we find that most of the freshly added philosophical thoughts, and many characteristic peculiarities, have clear reference to the philosophy of a certain book and the character of its author -- namely, to Michel Montaigne and his 'Essais.'

Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

We believe we have read the Essays of Michel Montaigne with great attention.

Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

Michel Montaigne was favoured by birth as few writers have been.

Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

We will endeavour to sketch the character of Michel Montaigne and his writings.

Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

Michel Montaigne was one of the illustrious visitors to these healing springs, which he calls _Grammontoises_.

Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre Louisa Stuart Costello 1834

(SR.)] [Footnote 3415: Already Michel Montaigne (1533-1592) had noted man's tendency to over-estimate his own powers of judgment: 'So, to return to myself, the sole feature for which I hold myself in some esteem is that in which no man has ever thought himself defective.

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860