Introduction
Michel Eychem de Montaigne (Château de Montaigne, Saint Michel de Montaigne, 1533–1592) was a free-thinking French philosopher, moralist, and humanist who has traditionally been credited with creating a new literary genre: the essay.
From his earliest childhood, Montaigne received the teachings of humanist scholars invited to the maison noble by his father, Pierre Eychem (sieur de Montaigne), among them a wise German preceptor with whom he learned to speak, write, and read perfectly in Latin even before his vernacular language (Essais I, 25; III, 2). At the age of six, he was sent by his father to the Collège de Guyenne in Bordeaux, considered “the best in France” – in the words of Montaigne himself (Essais I, 25). In this institution, he continued his education in humanities that culminated with a Law degree by the University of Toulouse.
Michel de Montaigne began his professional career as a public servant in 1556 as an advisor to the Cour des Aides de Périgueux(a...
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Llano Alonso, F.H. (2023). Montaigne, Michel de. In: Sellers, M., Kirste, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6519-1_442
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