… http://dx.doi.org/10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-02/mcraske . Pointon, Marcia, Hanging the Head: Portraiture and Social Formation in Eighteenth-Century England (New Haven And London: Paul Mellon Centre BA, 1993), chapter VI. Retford, Kate, … http://dx.doi.org/10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-02/mcraske . Pointon, Marcia, Hanging the Head: Portraiture and Social Formation in Eighteenth-Century England (New Haven And London: Paul Mellon Centre BA, 1993), chapter VI. Retford, Kate, …
… British poet of the early eighteenth century, Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was a highly influential figure in the formation and articulation of sociable ideals. However, while he prided himself on his capacity for friendship, his own … British poet of the early eighteenth century, Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was a highly influential figure in the formation and articulation of sociable ideals. However, while he prided himself on his capacity for friendship, his own …
… c'est pour que nos Parties materielles ét intellectuelles, dissoutes par la mort, se reünissent pour concourir à la formation de nos Defcendans, ét à notre reproduction en eux. Nous regardons, en-confequence, le celibat, comme un grand …
… audiences. As epistemic practices, they were shaped by conventions forged in the Royal Society of London after its formation in 1660. The Royal Society had coalesced as a microcosm of the restored social order in England after the …
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Erasmus Darwin
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… On the Origin of Species in 1851, his grandfather Erasmus Darwin had developed his own thoughts on the gradual transformation of species through time. The concept of sociability was fundamental to his theory, as Erasmus Darwin explains … such as the volvox or the polypus, he supposed that the affection of a parent to a child was the first step toward the formation of sociability: ‘this affection from the parent to the progeny existed before animals were divided into sexes, … of sympathetic society’ (Darwin, additional note XI, not paginated). The social chain is made stronger with the transformation of species: as the nervous structure (or ‘sensorium’) grows, individuals become increasingly sensitive to their …
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