Scottish Enlightenment [ Political & Moral philosophy ]
… Moral philosophy Manners Politeness Public sphere In his 1742 essay ‘ Of essay writing’, the Scottish philosopher David Hume gave a clue to the centrality of sociability to the intellectual and cultural life of the Scottish Enlightenment. … While the pursuits of the ‘ Learned ’ required ‘ Leisure and Solitude ’ and ‘ long Preparation and severe Labour, ’ Hume wrote, the subjects that exercised the ‘ conversible World ’ could only be worked out in dialogue, mutual exchange, … in the best Manner he is able, and mutually gives and receives Information, as well as Pleasure. 1 The passage reflects Hume ’s positive evaluation not just of the pleasures but also of the intellectual value of sociability and polite …
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