Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury [ Philosophy / Art and Literature / Aristocracy ]
… Moralists, 72 [2.124]) with the disciplinary practices of sociability. 5 Above all, this meant the practice of polite conversation and manners. Shaftesbury believed that the pleasure of such conversatio ns would strengthen our natural … [1.42]). Politeness, moreover, not only refined sociability but also promoted reason. 'A Freedom of Raillery' in such conversations, Shaftesbury famously contends, would promote the good humor that serious reasoning required ( Sensus … constant training and exercise in order to be properly practised' (Müller 210). While Shaftesbury limited such polite conversations to the ' Liberty of the Club , and of that sort of Freedom which is taken amongst Gentlemen and Friends ' ( …
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