Essays

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Essays is a landmark collection of personal reflections and philosophical explorations by Michel de Montaigne that helped establish the essay as a literary form.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
author Michel de Montaigne ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
personal reflections ⓘ
philosophical literature ⓘ
hasPart Of Books ⓘ
Of Cannibals ⓘ
Of Coaches ⓘ
Of Cruelty ⓘ
Of Custom ⓘ
Of Drunkenness ⓘ
Of Experience ⓘ
Of Friendship ⓘ
Of Giving the Lie ⓘ
Of Glory ⓘ
Of Practice ⓘ
Of Presumption ⓘ
Of Repentance ⓘ
Of Solitude ⓘ
Of Some Verses of Virgil ⓘ
Of Three Kinds of Social Intercourse ⓘ
Of Thumbs ⓘ
Of the Affection of Fathers for Their Children ⓘ
Of the Art of Conversation ⓘ
Of the Education of Children ⓘ
Of the Inconsistency of Our Actions ⓘ
Of the Power of the Imagination ⓘ
Of Parents and Children ⓘ
surface form: Of the Resemblance of Children to Their Fathers

Of the Uncertainty of Our Judgment ⓘ
helpedEstablish essay as a literary form ⓘ
influenced Blaise Pascal ⓘ
Francis Bacon ⓘ
Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
Virginia Woolf ⓘ
modern essay tradition ⓘ
literaryForm essay ⓘ
mainTheme death ⓘ
education ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
human nature ⓘ
knowledge and ignorance ⓘ
self-exploration ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ
movement Renaissance humanism ⓘ
notableFor conversational tone ⓘ
introspective style ⓘ
philosophical skepticism ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ

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