Montaigne's Essays: Michel de Montaigne is an important French humanist of late Renaissance. He was once the judge, MP, and mayor of Bordeaux, and had close relationship with the French King Henry the third.
Few men are remembered and respected as Montaigne was. The Essays was published in three volumes during 1580 and 1588. His works have never been out of print since then. You can find it in almost every language today. Together with The Essays of Francis Bacon and Pascal's Pensees, it is regarded one of the three modern European philosophy essays.
Montaigne is a well-learned man. Jottings and essays are his specialty. His essays are the fountainhead of modern French essays. The simple language, free of pretense, makes it closer to the readers. Montaigne observes humanity with reason.
