Conversation [ Communication / Education / Social interaction / Language & Speech ]
… without something being struck out, that would, in some degree enlighten and improve the mind'. 5 This mix of entertainment and ‘improvement’, hailed by David Hume as the felicitous joining of the ‘Learned’ with the ‘Conversible World’, made it possible to find ‘Topics of Conversation fit for the Entertainment of rational Creatures’. 6 Being able to converse well on a wide range of subjects including natural …
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