Essais

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book essay collection literary work

Essais is a seminal collection of personal reflections and philosophical musings by Michel de Montaigne that helped establish the essay as a literary form.

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Label Occurrences
Essais canonical 5
Essais, Book I 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
author Michel de Montaigne ⓘ
containsAutobiographicalElements true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstEditionPlaceOfPublication Bordeaux ⓘ
form personal reflections ⓘ
philosophical musings ⓘ
genre autobiographical literature ⓘ
essay ⓘ
philosophical literature ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus true ⓘ
hasEdition 1580 edition of Essais ⓘ
1588 edition of Essais ⓘ
posthumous 1595 edition of Essais ⓘ
hasPart essay "De l'amitié" ⓘ
“Of Cannibals” ⓘ
surface form: essay "Des cannibales"

essay "Des coches" ⓘ
essay "Que philosopher c'est apprendre à mourir" ⓘ
influenced Blaise Pascal ⓘ
Francis Bacon ⓘ
Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
development of the essay as a literary form ⓘ
modern essay writing ⓘ
literaryPeriod French Renaissance ⓘ
mainSubject death ⓘ
education ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
human nature ⓘ
knowledge ⓘ
morality ⓘ
religion ⓘ
self-examination ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ
movement Renaissance humanism ⓘ
narrativeVoice first person ⓘ
notableWorkOf Michel de Montaigne ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 2 ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
philosophicalStance skepticism ⓘ
publicationStartDate 1580 ⓘ
publisher Simon Millanges ⓘ
titleLanguage French ⓘ
titleMeaning Attempts ⓘ
usesLiteraryDevice anecdote ⓘ
digression ⓘ
self-portraiture ⓘ

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Michel de Montaigne → notableWork → Essais ⓘ
Que sais-je? → appearsIn → Essais ⓘ
“Of Cannibals” → includedInWork → Essais ⓘ
subject surface form: Of Cannibals
“Of Cannibals” → partOfSeries → Essais ⓘ
subject surface form: Of Cannibals
this entity surface form: Essais, Book I
“Of Experience” → partOf → Essais ⓘ
subject surface form: Of Experience
“Of Friendship” → collection → Essais ⓘ
subject surface form: Of Friendship