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		ealhad on May 24, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Michel de Montaigne Being French, I studied Montaigne in middle school (or high school, can't remember) – I did not expect to bump into him here. Quelle bonne surprise !

bzhang255 on May 24, 2023 [–]

I think his direct influence on English speakers has definitely dropped off a lot. I first learned about him from an essay Virginia Woolf wrote on him.

ealhad on May 24, 2023 | [–]

Well I had never heard of Woolf before the age of 25, so there's that.

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