" For 10 points, name this word, which names a collection by Michel de Montaigne and which has come to mean any short piece of writing.
Francis Bacon's first published work had this word as its title, and featured such examples as "Of Friendship" and "Of Truth." A collection with this word as its title included the notable section "An Apology for Raymond Sebond." This word names a literary genre of which Joseph Addison collected many examples of in his Spectator publication. Alexander Pope wrote one of these "on Criticism" and one of them "on Man." For 10 points, name this word, which names a collection by Michel de Montaigne and which has come to mean any short piece of writing.
Francis Bacon's first published work had this word as its title, and featured such examples as "Of Friendship" and "Of Truth.
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