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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Essays canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2279692 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essays Context triple: [Michel de Montaigne, notableWork, Essays]
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Essays
Essays is a landmark collection of philosophical and moral reflections by Francis Bacon that helped shape the development of the English essay as a literary form.
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Home: Social Essays
"Home: Social Essays" is a collection of politically charged and culturally incisive essays by Amiri Baraka that explore race, identity, and social struggle in mid-20th-century America.
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Writings
Writings is the third major section of the Hebrew Bible, comprising a diverse collection of poetic, wisdom, and historical books such as Psalms, Proverbs, and Job.
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Philosophical Essays
Philosophical Essays is a collection of influential papers by A. J. Ayer that develops and defends key themes of logical positivism and analytic philosophy.
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Papers on Literature and Art
Papers on Literature and Art is a collection of critical essays by Margaret Fuller that explores literature, aesthetics, and cultural criticism in the mid-19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essays Target entity description: 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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A.
Essays
Essays is a landmark collection of philosophical and moral reflections by Francis Bacon that helped shape the development of the English essay as a literary form.
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B.
Home: Social Essays
"Home: Social Essays" is a collection of politically charged and culturally incisive essays by Amiri Baraka that explore race, identity, and social struggle in mid-20th-century America.
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C.
Writings
Writings is the third major section of the Hebrew Bible, comprising a diverse collection of poetic, wisdom, and historical books such as Psalms, Proverbs, and Job.
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D.
Philosophical Essays
Philosophical Essays is a collection of influential papers by A. J. Ayer that develops and defends key themes of logical positivism and analytic philosophy.
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E.
Papers on Literature and Art
Papers on Literature and Art is a collection of critical essays by Margaret Fuller that explores literature, aesthetics, and cultural criticism in the mid-19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Michel de Montaigne ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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personal reflections ⓘ philosophical literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Of Books
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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
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Francis Bacon ⓘ Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ Virginia Woolf ⓘ modern essay tradition ⓘ |
| literaryForm | essay ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
death
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education ⓘ friendship ⓘ human nature ⓘ knowledge and ignorance ⓘ self-exploration ⓘ skepticism ⓘ |
| movement | Renaissance humanism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
conversational tone
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introspective style ⓘ philosophical skepticism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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subject surface form:
Of Experience