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essay in French
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essais-essayer-to make an attempt, to try, to experiment
like assaying a metal (finding out what it is made of) |
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The essays as a GENRE
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• try a method, essay is a method
• get truth of something • expose self to a variety of tests -observe own thought process when exposed to a variety of situations • Skepticism -can choose something as orientation, but not as truth -ex: man was made in God's image (cannot know this for sure) -have to respect others' opinions • look within self, do not cling to public self or another's judgement of you |
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Compare Augustine and Montaigne
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• Montaigne desires that readers explore selves as he does--only thru self-knowledge=happiness and tranquility. Conversation between himself & reader
• Augustine explores self thru conversation with God. Readers are merely an audience. Purpose of text was salvific (salvation) |
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The essays as a CONTENT
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• reader participation in internal dialogue
explore internal dialogue you have when making a decision • essays-never done in this way before, Montaigne exploring unfamiliar area • essays follow chance, freely skips around "things" |
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The essays as a PROCESS
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• self=process, but have to observe process over time & in diff conditions
• Telos idea-we are a process not a state of being • Our being is both physical & mental-both work on each other |
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Active & Passive aspects of the individuals
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• self exploration based on movement between active and passive aspects of individual
• active=we judge, discern, wonder about, take pick of mental actions • passive=existent like a chair |
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Cannibals concept
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• we do not understand them, not that their way of living is right or wrong, it is just different
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