“Of Experience”
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“Of Experience” is the final and one of the most reflective essays in Michel de Montaigne’s *Essays*, in which he meditates on the limits of human knowledge and the primacy of lived, personal experience.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “Of Experience” canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
essay
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philosophical essay ⓘ |
| author | Michel de Montaigne ⓘ |
| collectionAuthor | Michel de Montaigne ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| emphasis |
concrete particulars over abstractions
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moderation and balance in life ⓘ practice over theory ⓘ |
| focus |
contingency and variability of human life
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individual experience over universal rules ⓘ |
| genre |
Renaissance philosophy
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essay ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
aging and bodily decline
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habit and custom ⓘ health and illness ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern essay tradition
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modern reflections on experience and subjectivity ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Pyrrhonian skepticism
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classical authors ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | personal essay ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
embodiment and bodily experience
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limits of human knowledge ⓘ practical wisdom ⓘ primacy of lived experience ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ skepticism about abstract knowledge ⓘ |
| movement | French Renaissance ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | first-person ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
experience as the best teacher
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knowledge is limited and fallible ⓘ self-observation as a philosophical method ⓘ |
| originalTitle | De l’expérience ⓘ |
| partOf |
Essais
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Essays ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcern |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ philosophy of the self ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
humanism
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skepticism ⓘ |
| positionInWork | final essay in the Essays ⓘ |
| style |
autobiographical
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conversational ⓘ digressive ⓘ |
| title | Of Experience ⓘ |
| workEnds |
Montaigne’s Essais
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surface form:
Montaigne’s Essays
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| workStructure | essay without strict systematic structure ⓘ |
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