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There was another shape formed by these descriptions. It was what my life would have looked like if things had gone according to plan, and how this current situation, far from anywhere I'd ever lived or imagined, may or may not have differed from that normal, which might also inform whether or not I was doing OK, in some process of recovery, and, therefore, whether or not my father needed to worry.

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Montaigne and the Origins of Substack

That's because his essays covered many topics but really had only one subject—namely Montaigne himself, with all his quirks and opinions and hot takes. His essays marked a milestone in the history of individualism.