“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”

About Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher • French

Michel de Montaigne was a highly influential philosopher of the French Renaissance, credited with popularizing the essay as a literary genre. Born into a wealthy family near Bordeaux, he received a rigorous classical...

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