Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592,) was the son of a wealthy family. He was one of the first French noblemen who divided his life between political activities and Philosophy retreats connecting philosophy to lived experience. I addition, Montaigne was a humanist and a philosopher who was considered the father of Modern Skepticism, doubting the truth of something. He popularized the essay, a short writing, where the author discusses his personal thoughts on a specific subject. The essay was considered a new literary genre that became very popular to this day. Montaigne was in front of the classical philosophical or moral work; he expresses how a man should behave based on his lifestyle and experiences, as opposed to the liberal ideas of the intellectuals at the time.