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1533 – 1592 · Bordeaux
Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne asked one question of himself, and built a whole way of writing to answer it.
Born Bordeaux, France
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Michel de Montaigne was born in 1533 near Bordeaux, in southwestern France, to a wealthy family. His father raised him in an unusual way. As a small child, Michel was taught to speak Latin before French, because his father wanted him steeped in the classics. He trained as a lawyer and worked as a magistrate, but the law never fully held him.
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