Abstract: This study aims to define Montaigne’s reading practice. A great reader, he seeks less to instruct himself than exercise his judgement. For Montaigne, each book is a new world which he roams through, like a curious explorer, in search of the other and himself.
Keyword: Langue et littératures du xvie siècle, philosophies anciennes, philosophie de Montaigne, pratiques de lecture, lectures de Montaigne, écriture de l'essai
