PHILOSOPHER

Michel de Montaigne

1533 - 1592

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Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne ( mon-TAYN; French: [miʃɛl ekɛm də mɔ̃tɛɲ]; Middle French: [miˈʃɛl ejˈkɛm də mõnˈtaɲə]; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), commonly known as Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. His work is noted for its merging of casual anecdotes and autobiography with intellectual insight. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel de Montaigne has received more than 2,711,044 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Michel de Montaigne is the 61st most popular philosopher (down from 45th in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from France (down from 48th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Philosopher.

Michel de Montaigne is most famous for his essays, which are written in a personal and informal style.

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  • 84

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michel de Montaigne ranks 61 out of 1,267. Before him are Henri Bergson, Karl Popper, Zeno of Elea, Mikhail Bakunin, Epictetus, and Herbert Spencer. After him are Ibn Arabi, Pliny the Elder, Gorgias, Edmund Husserl, Al-Kindi, and Antonio Gramsci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Michel de Montaigne ranks 2. Before him is Elizabeth I of England. After him are William the Silent, Stephen Báthory, Eric XIV of Sweden, Ismail II, Giacomo della Porta, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Andrea Gabrieli, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Abdullah Khan II, and Claudio Merulo. Among people deceased in 1592, Michel de Montaigne ranks 1. After him are John III of Sweden, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, Hümaşah Sultan, Jacopo Bassano, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Thomas Cavendish, Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, and William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel de Montaigne ranks 91 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Chirac (1932), Louis IX of France (1214), Pope Urban II (1042), Gustave Courbet (1819), Irène Joliot-Curie (1897), and Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736). After him are Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749), George Sand (1804), Marquis de Sade (1740), Caracalla (188), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864), and Marcel Duchamp (1887).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Michel de Montaigne ranks 6. Before him are René Descartes (1596), Montesquieu (1689), Auguste Comte (1798), Michel Foucault (1926), and Henri Bergson (1859). After him are Peter Abelard (1079), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809), Jean Bodin (1530), Roland Barthes (1915), Gilles Deleuze (1925), and Henri de Saint-Simon (1760).

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