Montaigne

[ mon-teyn; French mawn-ten-yuh ]

noun

1. Mi·chel Ey·quem [mee-, shel, e-, kem], Seigneur de, 1533–92, French essayist.

Montaigne

/ mɔ̃tɛɲ /

noun

1. MontaigneMichel Eyquem de15331592MFrenchWRITING: writerWRITING: essayist Michel Eyquem de (miʃɛl ikɛm də). 1533–92, French writer. His life's work, the Essays (begun in 1571), established the essay as a literary genre and record the evolution of his moral ideas

Example Sentences

She gives no nods to the Humanists, like Montaigne, Francis Bacon, Erasmus, or Descartes.

From The Daily Beast

The Complete Works By Michel de Montaigne This is the one inexhaustible book anyone interested in the form must have.

From The Daily Beast

Montaigne swore by it and quoted it extensively in his Essays.

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And forget about anything resembling the splendor of Avenue Montaigne in Paris, the hub of luxury powerhouse LVMH.

From The Daily Beast

Mrs. Montaigne loved both her children, said that she did so equally, and they both ruled her; Helena by fear, Herbert by love.

From Project Gutenberg

And I plain told her that Helena Montaigne was here, and 'twas her chanst to make friends with her.

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Montaigne would say:219 I will have elbow-room: I will be courteous and affable according to my fancy, without fear or remorse.

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We are disturbed in our slumber only, like the luxurious Montaigne, ‘that we may the better and more sensibly enjoy it.’

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In this work he systematized many of the opinions of Montaigne.

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