# Michel de Montaigne — Essays character guide

> Michel de Montaigne in Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-self-reliance

## Who they are

French Renaissance writer, known for popularizing the essay form.

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