Author(s): Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne was a contemporary of Shakespeare who, after having played his part in France’s terrible wars of religion, retired to his estates and decided to write about what he knew best–himself. And so in his likes and dislikes, his reflections on history, his loves and his travels, he brought to life, not just one man, but all human experience. “What do I know?” he asked. If not himself and his own soul, then nothing else. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)