Luxury [ Taste & Manners ]
… commodities. In addition, Hume emphasizes the fact that the refinement created by a responsible use of luxury leads to sociability: The more these refined arts advance, the more sociable men become : nor is it possible, that, when enriched … example furniture, paintings and tableware, were displayed as symbols of taste and of belonging to the genteel circles, sociability played an important part (Berg 39). Documenting taste and social status, many luxury items, such as the china …
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