This monograph by Jean Starobinski titled Montaigne en mouvement (first published 1982) offers a thorough and reflective study of Michel de Montaigne, focusing on the dynamic interplay between his personal experience, philosophical skepticism, and literary expression. Starobinski examines Montaigne’s writing as a continuous movement — not static, but fluid and self‑transformative — and discusses the ways in which Montaigne’s essays reflect a thinking subject in motion. The book is structured thematically and historically, tracing the evolution of Montaigne’s method, style and self‑portraiture while contributing to the broader debate on the self, memory and philosophical reflection in early modern Europe.