The word essay derives from the French infinitive essayer, "to try" or "to attempt". In English essay first meant "a trial" or "an attempt", and this is still an alternative meaning. 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.
Fragments on the notion of “everyone”
I do not say these things because they are true, but because they are false—because they are false and, above all, because I can say such false things.
What Kind of Ghost are You?
While I work on getting a longer essay ready to publish, I made this quiz for y’all