Michel Montaigne is the largest French writer and humanist philosopher of the late Renaissance, who had a great influence not only on French, but also on world literature. "Experiments" is the main work of the writer, which has survived its time, has become the property of readers of many countries and continues to arouse interest today. These are the very questions of being that every new generation thinks about and to which I wanted to draw attention in this book. Addressed to young people.