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    PERSONAL ESSAY The word essay derives from the French infinitive essayer‚ to try or to attempt. The Frenchman (Michel de Montaigne 1533–1592) was the first author to describe his work as essays; he used the term to characterize these as attempts to put his thoughts into writing. Francis Bacon’s essays‚ published in book form in 1597‚ 1612‚ and 1625‚ were the first works in English that described themselves as essays. (Jonson‚ 1609) first used the word essayist in English‚ according to the Dictionary

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    The Unity of the Mind and Body Both Michel De Montaigne and John Donne argue that the cultivation of the mind is linked to the well being of the body. Both argue that a mind void of proper enrichment and education will lead to an unhealthy body. However‚ Montaigne argues that the appropriate means of “education and enrichment” are studying and following the works of other great thinkers of history. Additionally‚ Montaigne declares imagination to be the impetus for the downfall

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    In the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer‚ there are some characters who lost their love ones. Everyone has a different way of approaching their sarrow. The novel illustrates some characters that stage the fact of moving on. There are characters like the protagonist Oskar ‚ his grandfather‚ Mr. Black‚ and Ms. Black who struggle in the period of their loss to get over it and move on. Their lives was no longer the same nor the would live normal as their remberce take

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    “Que sais-je?” French for “What do I know?” is the beloved motto of French essayist Michel De Montaigne. Initial readings of Montaigne’s essays appear to be oriented toward self rather than incorporating any communal tones. Yet‚ close readings reveal this motto is directed collectively towards a Renaissance society. Montaigne‚ in his essays “On Cannibalism” and “On Cruelty‚” is communally asking a European society “what do we know?” by displaying contradictory and arcane aspects of European culture

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    The quote “When I am reading a book‚ whether wise or silly‚ it seems to me to be alive and talking to me‚” by Michel de Montaigne means that each book has a meaning and can relate to the reader in a way. Most authors can also relate to this quote. For example‚ Sherman Alexie‚ Maureen Corrigan‚ Anna Quindlen‚ and Gwendolyn Brooks saw reading as love‚ companionship‚ and a way of life. This shows that reading can be an interactive process. Author Sherman Alexie says his father loved to read. Since

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    cod he’d hi http://socyberty.com/history/market-revolution/ http://socyberty.com/history/market-revolution/ http://socyberty.com/history/market-revolution/ For other uses‚ see Essay (disambiguation). Essays of Michel de Montaigne An essay is generally a short piece of writing written from an author’s personal point of view‚ but the definition is vague‚ overlapping with those of an article‚ a pamphlet and a short story. Essays can consist of a number of elements‚ including:

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    Anyone wanting to start an argument among a group of English teachers has only to ask: "How do you feel about teaching five-paragraph essays?" Some in the group may smile‚ but others will be quick to voice disapproval: "They’re artificial." "They suppress individual expression." "They produce lifeless writing." Those kinds of accusations and more appeared in the most influential writing-theory book of the 1970s: Uptaught‚ by Ken MacRorie. A single word from that book—"Engfish"—was

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    Studies‚” Francis Bacon explains how and why study—knowledge—is important. Along with Michel de Montaigne‚ who published his first essays less than twenty years before Francis Bacon published his first collection in 1597. Bacon is considered the father of the English essay (with Montaigne the father of the French essay). Bacon’s essays differ from Montaigne’s in being more compact and more formal. Where Montaigne conceived of the essays as an opportunity to explore a subject through mental association

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