Luxury [ Taste & Manners ]
… advance, the more sociable men become : nor is it possible, that, when enriched with science, and possessed of a fund of conversation, they should be contented to remain in solitude, or live with their fellow-citizens in that distant manner, … They flock into cities; love to receive and communicate knowledge; to show their wit or their breeding; their taste in conversation or living, in clothes or furniture. (Hume 107) Ur ban culture, taste, politeness , conversation , all rely on the refinement created by luxury. Thus, shopping for luxury goods such as silk and porcelain, …
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