The Conversation

Guide to the classics: Michel de Montaigne’s Essays

Matthew Sharpe is part of an ARC funded project on modern reinventions of the ancient idea of "philosophy as a way of life", in which Montaigne is a central figure. When Michel de Montaigne retired to ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Biography examines political motivations of Montaigne

Prof. Philippe Desan has spent most of his academic career studying the life and work of French Renaissance writer Michel de Montaigne. When he set out to write his definitive biography, Montaigne: A ...
The New York Times

MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE AT WORK.; How Bordeaux Has Commemorated the Mayoralty of Montaigne -- The "Edition Municipale" of the Essays.*

Written for THE NEW YORK TIMES SATURDAY REVIEW OF BOOKS by Edward Carl.edward Cary. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Full text is unavailable for this ...
Observer

Guide to the Classics: Michel de Montaigne’s Essay

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 ...