Montaigne : une autorité émancipatrice

This article shows that, in the chapter “Of the affection of fathers to children,” Montaigne offers a skeptical satire of family domination by attacking the ancient and majority culture, which extends into the moral and political philosophy Renaissance. Such a denunciation is probably linked to an actual experience of domination. In return, Montaigne evokes a parental relationship that is both structuring and liberating.