The personal essay is a self-reflective search for meaning. Unlike most philosophical writing, it is not argumentative. Instead, it is exploratory and speculative, often even somewhat confessional. It is typically written in the first person and is broadly autobiographical. When writing a personal essay for philosophy class, the usual approach is to tell a personal story or present a memory. That is part 1 of the essay. In part 2, find meaning in the experience, recollection, or reflection. What meaning does it have for you? What might it communicate to others? Montaigne was an early master of the personal philosophical essay. The great American moralist, naturalist, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) took the personal essay to memorable artistic and philosophical heights.
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