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… was to urbanise moral philosophy: ‘to bring Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee-houses’. 4 In this list, Addison identified the tea-table as the … of the other significant institutions that characterized public culture in the period, such as coffee-houses and clubs. Accordingly Addison says: ‘ I would therefore in a very particular Manner recommend these my Speculations to all …
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