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Writing Essays and Making Beautiful Art

On the origin of essay writing and why we should create beautiful art

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Apr 23, 2022
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Michel de Montaigne practically invented the literary essay. At the very least, he is responsible for popularizing and validating it as a legitimate and desirable form of philosophizing—thinking well in the pursuit of wisdom.

A French Renaissance philosopher, born on February 28, 1533, Montaigne came to be one of the most significant and influential phi…

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