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… caused by transformism. To some extent, Darwin’s theory reflected his own social practices: he wanted to lead British society toward a golden age through his network of radical thinkers, including the members of the Lunar Society but also the circle of Joseph Johnson in London, struggling for abolitionism and social reforms. People > Science People > Art and Literature People > Philosophy Keywords Abolition Affection Community Correspondence Lunar society Social Contract Half a century before Charles Darwin published his essay On the Origin of Species in 1851, his …

… 18, n° 2, 1984-1985, p. 186-214). 2 . E. J. Hundert, The Enlightenment’s Fable: Bernard Mandeville and the Discovery of Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994). 3 . Michael G. Ketcham, Transparent Designs: Reading, Performance, … new spaces of sociability (the coffeehouse being a premier example); likewise, new institutions (varieties of club and society) were proliferating. 5  A feature of these venues and institutions, noted by contemporaries, was the co-presence … in a way that would be pleasurable and productive. 5 . Peter Borsay, The English Urban Renaissance: Culture and Society in the Provincial Town, 1660-1770 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989). These changes, reinforced by others such as …