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The Spectator, No. 10 (12 March 1711) [ Practices ]
… that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways find their account in the Speculation of the Day. And to the End that their Virtue and Discretion may not be short transient intermitting Starts of Thought, I have resolved to refresh their … there are Multitudes of those of a more elevated Life and Conversation, that move in an exalted Sphere of Knowledge and Virtue, that join all the Beauties of the Mind to the Ornaments of Dress, and inspire a kind of Awe and Respect, as well … Pieces in humane Nature, I shall endeavour to point out all those Imperfections that are the Blemishes, as well as those Virtues which are the Embellishments, of the Sex. In the mean while I hope these my gentle Readers, who have so much Time …
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Letter to The Chronicle (1762) [ Concepts ]
… to the chaste & delicate ear of the Q—n? It may be said that a place nearest the Royal House will be assign’d to the Virtue Club, in which the unhallow’d sounds of the beef stake club will be silenced & expire. That would indeed be well, … warm piety, or some Peer of austere chastity may think it necessary to repeat & report what has been said, or sung. When Virtue, & Vice, & Virtuosoship have got an establishment in this situation can it be refused to the independent gentlemen … form the Society in Albermarle Street? Arthurs, which is the great Parent of all these Noble societies, & from whom the virtues & accomplishments of each are derived must certainly have a large area assign’d to it. There with Turrets on its …
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Jacques Necker (and public opinion) [ Politics / Publicity ]
… was known for much more than his keen ability to mobilise credit. Thought to be an unwavering symbol of ministerial virtue by his supporters, and a fraudulent charlatan by his enemies, Necker well understood the importance of public … of politics and opinions under the Old Regime, by 1788, Necker had cultivated for himself an image of public probity and virtue through a series of publications defending both his personal and ministerial reputation. By the end of 1789, … of the King, and resigned his post in May 1781. Despite his resignation, Necker maintained his reputation for public virtue and sound finance in the 1780s through a series of publications defending his premiership, cultivating for himself …
Censorship | Finance | French Revolution | Public sphere | Third Estate
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Boxing [ Games & Sports ]
… was progressively presented as a sociable entertainment, a disciplined pastime, that allowed the cultivation of manly virtues. To legitimize boxing, various discourses shaped it as a science and as an art in the context of the … was progressively presented as a sociable entertainment, a disciplined pastime, that allowed the cultivation of manly virtues. To legitimize boxing, various discourses shaped it as a science and as an art in the context of the … and distorted the meaning of courage: ‘[…] let not the infamy of boxing prostitute longer the name of courage, that is a virtue of the mind, and does not exist in gigantic form, or muscular power, else the ox and the ass would claim a …
Rules | Sports
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Sovereignty (in Hobbes's philosophy) [ Political & Moral philosophy / Philosophy ]
Civility | Conflict | Friendship | Sovereignty | Violence | War
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Politeness [ Taste & Manners / Education ]
… Theorists disagreed about the fundamental psychology underlying politeness: whether it embodied a human capacity for virtue or it was a sophisticated expression of human egoism. In either case, the attractiveness of politeness grew out of … On the one hand, the art of pleasing might be seen as a form of generosity and kindness: a version of social virtue. On the other hand, the art of social pleasing might be seen as a tool of a demanding self, which, in order to … egoism. 2 However, a number of Englishmen, Mandeville’s exact contemporaries, sought to anchor politeness in real virtue. In their periodicals , the Tatler (1709-1711) and the Spectator (1711-1712, 1714), Richard Steele (1672-1729) and …
Civility | Conversation | Consumption | Periodicals
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