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PHILOSOPHER

Michel de Montaigne

1533 - 1592

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Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne ( mon-TAYN; French: [miʃɛl ekɛm də mɔ̃tɛɲ]; 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 2,556,147 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Michel de Montaigne is the 45th most popular philosopher (down from 39th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from France and the 4th 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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  • 2.6M

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  • 80.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 83

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michel de Montaigne ranks 45 out of 1,081. Before him are Søren Kierkegaard, Protagoras, Thomas More, Maria Montessori, Sun Tzu, and Plutarch. After him are Origen, Al-Farabi, Ludwig Wittgenstein, John Amos Comenius, Zeno of Elea, and Empedocles.

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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, Andrea Gabrieli, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Hieronymus Fabricius, and Abdullah Khan II. Among people deceased in 1592, Michel de Montaigne ranks 1. After him are John III of Sweden, Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Hümaşah Sultan, Jacopo Bassano, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Thomas Cavendish, Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel de Montaigne ranks 48 out of 6,011. Before him are André-Marie Ampère (1775), Louis XIII of France (1601), Édouard Manet (1832), Octave Mirbeau (1848), Auguste Rodin (1840), and Pierre de Coubertin (1863). After him are Émile Zola (1840), Claudius (-10), Brigitte Bardot (1934), Francis I of France (1494), Pierre de Fermat (1601), and Michel Foucault (1926).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Michel de Montaigne ranks 4. Before him are René Descartes (1596), Montesquieu (1689), and Auguste Comte (1798). After him are Michel Foucault (1926), Henri Bergson (1859), Peter Abelard (1079), Jean Bodin (1530), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809), Roland Barthes (1915), Henri de Saint-Simon (1760), and Charles Fourier (1772).

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