It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among Men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies,... Men and Manners of the Eighteenth Century - Página 77por Susan Hale - 1898 - 318 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 páginas
...in follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous culture. It was said of Socrates that he brought philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit...tea-tables, and in coffee-houses. I would, therefore, in a very particular manner, recommend these my speculations to all well-regulated families, that set... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1875 - 566 páginas
...to be killed by a const int and assi(Juons culture. It was said of Socrates that he brought pMoso^ down from heaven, to inhabit among men ; and I shall...closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in c]ubs and assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses. I would, therefore, in a very particular... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 páginas
...in follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous culture. It was said of Socrates that he brought philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit...I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I hdVe brought philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies,... | |
| David Glover, Cora Kaplan - 2000 - 226 páginas
...Writing in his paper The Spectator in March 1711, Joseph Addison declared that he would be pleased 'to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy...and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in Coffee-Houses' (Steele and Addison 1982: 210). His twelve essays on 'The Pleasures of the Imagination' which appeared... | |
| Adam Potkay - 2000 - 276 páginas
...essays ofjoseph Addison (1672-1719) and Richard Steele (1672-1729), whose Tatler and Spectator papers "brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries,...to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and Coffee-Houses" (Addison's Spectator no. 10, 1 144). 15 Hume announced Addisonian aspirations in his... | |
| Lisa Rosner, John Theibault - 2000 - 478 páginas
...combination of sharp, witty observation and reflections on social and moral issues, designed to "bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...dwell in clubs, and assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses."9 Though the Spectator lasted for only two years, it was frequently reprinted through... | |
| Elizabeth Eger - 2001 - 348 páginas
...sexes. He famously proposed that philosophy should be discussed in public: 'It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit...dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables, and in Coffee-Houses.'21 Addison describes scenes where men and women could meet and exchange ideas through... | |
| Joseph Marino, Melinda Wilcox Schlitt - 2001 - 540 páginas
...early number, Joseph Addison offered his well-known goal for the publication: It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit...to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at TeaTables, and Coffee- Houses.8 The Addison passage makes explicit a point that is implicit in the passage cited from... | |
| Mark Kingwell - 2001 - 286 páginas
...day." This famous statement of intent then continues in a vein Montaigne would have found congenial: "I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that...assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses." The governing conceit in Addison's public-spirited philosophy of manners is an awareness, derived from... | |
| Roy Porter - 2000 - 772 páginas
...persona of the thinker, signalled by Adam Smith's remark about the trade of thinking. Proposing to bring 'Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools...dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in Coffee Houses', Joseph Addison, the first great media man, sought to turn the philosopher into a man... | |
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