Montaigne & Bacon

The two founders of the form — Montaigne’s wandering self-inquiry and Bacon’s polished worldly wisdom — where the essay began.

The fathers of the essay

In this collection

• The Wife
• Silence is intensified
• My Fair Neighbour
• Emile
• John Barleycorn
• Godolphin, Volume IV
• James
• Ode to Salt
• What are Women Made of?
• The Life of John Buncle
• The Qualifications of the Prince
• The Wealth of Nations
• A Parallel
• The Wrong Incendiary
• The Closed Door
• It Is Born

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