...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...