Michel de Montaigne

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne was born on 28 February 1533 at the château de Montaigne, in Périgord, into a family of merchants who had been ennobled. His father had him learn Latin as his first language, with servants who spoke to him only in Latin. He studied law, sat on the cour des aides at Périgueux and then in the parlement of Bordeaux, where he became friends with Étienne de La Boétie. Having retired in 1571 to the tower of his château, he was mayor of Bordeaux from 1581 to 1585 and died at home on 13 September 1592.

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