skeptics of the Ancient Greek, such as Sextus Empiricus (Second-Third centuries), rediscovered at the time of Montaigne, thanks to Latin translations of Henri Estienne (c. 1531-1598) and Gentien Hervet (1499-1584), sought the tranquillity of the soul (ataraxie). They claimed to achieve this by suspending their judgment, after having put in opposition to arguments to the contrary, in all fields of knowledge. But the reader will not encounter among them this gladness characteristic of the writing of Montaigne. It is from his pen that is born of the kind philosophico-literary-essay, with which…
