What is Michel de Montaigne known for?
I am known for inventing and popularizing the essay. I retired from the bustle of public affairs to my library and began to explore myself and my thoughts through writing. These writings, my 'Essais,' became a new literary form, a place to examine my own opinions and experiences with a candid and, I hope, instructive hand. It is a mirror to the human condition, refracted through a single, fallible mind.
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