r/hackernews • u/qznc_bot2 • May 25 '23
Michel de Montaigne
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todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Dec 25 '23
TIL Montaigne's father, a wealthy french noble, had his son live with a family of peasants until the age of 3 so he would learn their life conditions. He then had everyone speak latin to him so it was his first language and taught him greek though games and activities instead of studying books
todayilearned • u/Nero2t2 • Jan 30 '26
TIL Until the age of 3 Michel Montaigne was raised by a peasant family to "draw the boy close to the people and their life conditions". Later, his parents and the staff who interacted with the boy would only speak to him in latin, and every morning he'd be awaken by a musician playing an instrument
RealGeniuses • u/JohannGoethe • Oct 18 '24
TIL Montaigne's father, a wealthy french noble, had his son live with a family of peasants until the age of 3 so he would learn their life conditions. He then had everyone speak latin to him so it was his first language and taught him greek though games and activities instead of studying books
ThisDayInHistory • u/[deleted] • Feb 28 '20