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David Hume [ Philosophy ]
… Portrait Gallery, PG 1057. Abstract David Hume was a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment and an active participant in European networks. He believed in the power of sociability, in the fundamental human connections. … in theory and in practice, he belonged to diverse clubs and societies in Scotland and London, then at Hume’s participation in the Republic of Letters , and finally at philosophy as the practice of sociability. People > Philosophy … competing for the attention of publishers and the public, and as vulnerable as anyone else to the slings and arrows of partisan prejudice.’ 2 2 . John Robertson, ‘Hume, David (1711–1776), philosopher and historian’, Oxford Dictionary of …
Clubs | Enlightenment | France | Philosophy | Republic of Letters | Salons | Scotland | Societies
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Friendship [ Social interaction / Character / Feelings & Emotions ]
… extensively, it was also invoked figuratively, informing contemporary understandings of national and local politics, art, horticulture, science and every other sphere of human activity or inquiry. With such widespread usage came great … as emotional or moral attachment was frequently distinguished in eighteenth-century discourse by use of the adjective ‘particular’. Particular friendships were understood to operate primarily within the private sphere, though in practice their influence …
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