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David Hume [ Philosophy ]
… – ‘never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature . It fell dead-born from the press , without reaching such distinction, as even to excite a murmur among the zealots.’ 1 1 . The Life of David Hume, esq. … Paris, then Reims, and La Flèche, where he wrote the Treatise on Human Nature , and most certainly familiarised himself with French philosophy (Malebranche, Descartes, Bayle). This period was one of retreat for Hume, and of philosophical … the most eminent physicians and philosophers of the time. He was also a founding member of the Select Society (1754) – with Allan Ramsay, Adam Ferguson, William Robertson, Hugh Blair and James Boswell. A subsidiary body, the Edinburgh …
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Friendship [ Social interaction / Character / Feelings & Emotions ]
… of national and local politics, art, horticulture, science and every other sphere of human activity or inquiry. With such widespread usage came great variation in the ideas and traditions that the word ‘friendship’ was seen … discourse by use of the adjective ‘particular’. Particular friendships were understood to operate primarily within the private sphere, though in practice their influence – their benefits and their temptations – could also extend … between its subjects as morally-informed and beneficial to the nation – in this, it related closely to other structures within the grounds of Stowe: for instance, the Temple of Ancient Virtue and the Temple of British Worthies, both designed …
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