How To Live (or) The Life of Montaigne - Sarah Bakewell

Here we go with the big Montaigne love, and why not? The guy was a genius of the anecdotal essay, pretty much invented it. He believed in utilizing skepticism, an ism we can get behind. A French Renaissance writer of the highest degree, his philosophical insights are as fresh today as they were in say, the 1500's. 20 questions and 20 answers is the format of this book, but "Que sais-je ?" as he would say (What do I know?). Like new copy.