ars (Emerson 194). He eventually left the courts for the solitude of his château because of his distaste for red tape, judicial and political injustice, and the hypocrisy of public life (Frame xvii).
             It was during this time that Michel de Montaigne started to write the essays, for which he is most famous (Emerson 194; Frame xiii; Gale 183). Montaigne is, according to Gale Research:
             The inventor of the essay as a literary gener... (183)
             In writing the Essays, Montaigne took the words 'Que Sçay-je,' or, 'what do I know' as his motto (Gale 183). Montaigne's intention in the series of essays he wrote are to attempt to understand himself (183), to understand the boundaries of human knowledge (185), and is concerned with the most universal problem: What is man, and how is he to live? Michel de Montaigne wrote once of his essays saying:
             I am myself the subject of my book. (184)
             Ralph Waldo Emerson additionally commented that:
             If there be any virtue in him [Montaigne], it got in by stealth. (Emerson 194)
             Many people and events greatly affected and inspired Montaigne's writing style. Not only had he been influenced by other people, but he ha
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