Michel Montaigne - French writer and philosopher-humanist of the Renaissance, who had a great influence on world literature. In the book "Experiments" - Montaigne's subtlest observations of the secrets of the human soul, figurative, with a special French humor essays on various topics: government, wars, behavior and relations between people ("On cruelty," "On fear," "On drunkenness," "On freedom of conscience"). Aphorisms for all occasions and a reason for reflection - in the famous "Experiments."