Montaigne

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

/ mɒnˈteɪn; French mɔ̃ˈtɛn yə /

noun

Mi·chel Ey·quem

[mee-shel e-kem] /miˈʃɛl ɛˈkɛm/, Seigneur de,1533–92, French essayist.

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Examples from the Web for montaigne

She gives no nods to the Humanists, like Montaigne, Francis Bacon, Erasmus, or Descartes.
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Montaigne swore by it and quoted it extensively in his Essays.
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Montaigne has wisely said that it is pernicious to those who have a natural tendency to vice.
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But the genius of Montaigne does not often soar, though even one little flight like that shows that it has wings.
Classic French Course in English|William Cleaver Wilkinson

Montaigne warmly defended Montagu against the attacks of Archbishop Abbot.
Letters to Severall Persons of Honour|John Donne
You will certainly lay me under the censure that Montaigne throws upon Guicciardini.
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Montaigne reviews his own life to live over his sins, not to repent of them.
Classic French Course in English|William Cleaver Wilkinson

British Dictionary definitions for montaigne

Montaigne

/ (French mɔ̃tɛɲ) /

noun

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

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