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Montaigne is one of my heroes!
I wouldn't recommend all of the essays, but you can get abridged editions with a collection of the most interesting and applicable ones, and I would recommend those to anybody. They're broad-minded, rigorous, and incredibly humane.
Fun fact: Montaigne is one of the few authors we know Shakespeare had read, since The Tempest basically quotes him.
M A Screech's "The complete essays" is both my desert island choice and my most worn book.
Any other edition you'd recommend?
I thoroughly recommend Sarah Blakewell's biography of Montaigne. It's brilliantly written, fascinating, and never boring.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Montaigne-Question-Attempts/dp/1590514831