When Michel de Montaigne retired to his family estate in 1572, aged 38, he tells us that he wanted to write his famous Essays as a distraction for his idle mind. He neither wanted nor expected people ...

LIKE MANY people, as he grew older Michel de Montaigne paid close attention to the workings of his body. He began to feel the cold in his bones; his servants brought him clothes at night “to warm my ...

In 1603 a London publisher called Edward Blount, the man who later commissioned the First Folio of Shakespeare’s collected plays, brought out a handsome volume with a lengthy title: “The Essayes or ...

A man of understanding has lost nothing, if he has himself A man of understanding has lost nothing, if he has himself A man of understanding has lost nothing, if he ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Cet après-midi organisé au Château Cassagne Haut-Canon, évoquera aussi le rapport du philosophe à « la bonne nutrition » « Michel Montaigne, l’amour du vin et de la bonne nutrition », tel est ...

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees There is no ...