Ben Jonson vs. Michel de Montaigne
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Ben Jonson
1572 – 1637
Benjamin Jonson was an English poet, playwright, and dramatist. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox, The Alchemist (1610), and Bartholomew Fair (1614), and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry.
"There shall be no love lost."
Michel de Montaigne
1533 – 1592
Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne, commonly known as just Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularising the essay as a literary genre. His work is noted for its merging of casual anecdotes and autobiography with intellectual insight.
"If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I."
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