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It was not only being considered for the overall grand prize, but competed for category and best in press honors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63f80bbc5952cc6304015d95/1683663950715-O8YF9WQ6UD54H9QESRJL/Montaigne-Medal-Finalist-Seal.gif Awards & Press - Montaigne Finalist Each year, the Eric Hoffer Award presents the Montaigne Medal to the most thought-provoking books. These are books that either illuminate, progress, or redirect thought. The Montaigne Medal is given in honor of the great French philosopher Michel de Montaigne, who influenced people such as William Shakespeare, René Descartes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Eric Hoffer. This is an additional distinction beneath the Eric Hoffer Award umbrella. "I felt all the time he was writing about me. 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