Solitude [ Feelings & Emotions ]
… Sociability and solitude could thus be highly complementary of one another. Concepts > Feelings & Emotions Mots-clés Conversation Emotions Gender Melancholy Politeness Privacy Religion In 1711 Joseph Addison spoke of his vision for his … not the pleasures of solitude, but the ‘pride and self-ignorance’ of those willing to elevate themselves above the conversation of others. Baxter warned that ‘many are led into solitude by their infirmities or vices’, noting that … contemplative activities, many of which enhanced individual sociability, for example by furnishing men (and women) with conversation pieces. Dudley Ryder described multiple instances in his diary where he had read a specific text for the …
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