Elucidates Montaigne's claim that teachers and students should seek to be well-filled and well-formed, showing how this claim represents his philosophy of education, discussing Montaigne's upbringing and hatred of chaos, considering his views of the paths to personhood, and evaluating his essay, "On the Education of Children," illustrating how Montaigne anticipates and influences subsequent views of education in such areas as teacher student relations and teaching methods. (SM)