Michel de Montaigne

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
essayist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Collège_de_Guyenne
gptkbp:birthDate 1533-02-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Château_de_Montaigne,_Guyenne,_Kingdom_of_France
gptkbp:child gptkb:Léonor_de_Montaigne
gptkbp:deathDate 1592-09-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Château_de_Montaigne,_Guyenne,_Kingdom_of_France
gptkbp:father gptkb:Pierre_Eyquem
gptkbp:genre gptkb:philosophy
essay
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Michel de Montaigne
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Blaise_Pascal
gptkb:Francis_Bacon
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Isaac_Asimov
gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
gptkb:René_Descartes
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Cicero
gptkb:Lucretius
gptkb:Ovid
gptkb:Plutarch
gptkb:Socrates
gptkb:Virgil
gptkb:Epictetus
gptkb:Seneca_the_Younger
gptkbp:knownFor skepticism
personal reflection
popularizing the essay as a literary genre
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Antoinette_de_Louppes_de_Villeneuve
gptkbp:movement Renaissance humanism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Essais
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:writer
politician
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Portrait_of_Michel_de_Montaigne_by_Dumonstier
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Catholicism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Église_Saint-Michel_de_Montaigne
gptkbp:signature Signature de Michel de Montaigne.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Françoise_de_la_Chassaigne
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Montaigne:_A_Life_(biography_by_Philippe_Desan)
gptkb:Montaigne_(biography_by_Stefan_Zweig)
numerous academic studies
gptkbp:termEnd 1585
gptkbp:termStart 1581
gptkbp:title Mayor of Bordeaux
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Essays
gptkb:Seneca
gptkb:Humanism
gptkb:Renaissance_France
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4