 | Brainerd Kellogg - American literature - 1882 - 492 pages
...classes and crept down to the country; the latter popularized religion. 'I have brought,' he says, ' philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffeehouses." "Addison, appearing at a time when English literature was at a very low ebb, made an impression which... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1108 pages
...anioiii: men: and I shall he ambition* to have it said or me, that I have bn>ii<rht Philosophy ont of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tra-tubk'tt, and in coffee-houses.' His essays are, directly or indirectly, moral — rules of propriety,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1883 - 516 pages
...egy darab kalácsot33 esznek s2 It was said of Socrates that he brought philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to...coffee-houses. I would therefore in a very particular maimer recommend those my speculations to all well regulated families that sed apart au hour in every... | |
 | Lisa Rosner, John Theibault - History - 2000 - 478 pages
...combination of sharp, witty observation and reflections on social and moral issues, designed to "bring philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and...dwell in clubs, and assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses."9 Though the Spectator lasted for only two years, it was frequently reprinted through... | |
 | Adam Potkay - Happiness - 2000 - 276 pages
...essays ofjoseph Addison (1672-1719) and Richard Steele (1672-1729), whose Tatler and Spectator papers "brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries,...to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and Coffee-Houses" (Addison's Spectator no. 10, 1 144). 15 Hume announced Addisonian aspirations in his... | |
 | Elizabeth Eger - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 348 pages
...should be discussed in public: 'It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to...dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables, and in Coffee-Houses.'21 Addison describes scenes where men and women could meet and exchange ideas through... | |
 | Joseph Marino, Melinda Wilcox Schlitt - History - 2001 - 540 pages
...well-known goal for the publication: It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to...to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at TeaTables, and Coffee- Houses.8 The Addison passage makes explicit a point that is implicit in the passage cited from... | |
 | Mark Kingwell - Philosophy - 2001 - 286 pages
...day." This famous statement of intent then continues in a vein Montaigne would have found congenial: "I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that...assemblies, at tea-tables, and in coffee-houses." The governing conceit in Addison's public-spirited philosophy of manners is an awareness, derived from... | |
 | Roy Porter - History - 2000 - 772 pages
...persona of the thinker, signalled by Adam Smith's remark about the trade of thinking. Proposing to bring 'Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools...dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in Coffee Houses', Joseph Addison, the first great media man, sought to turn the philosopher into a man... | |
 | Roy Porter - Death - 2001 - 340 pages
...Signification, is but To carry Good-Breeding a step higher'. 77 Proposing, through The Spectator, to bring 'Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools...dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in Coffee Houses', Joseph Addison, the first great media man, thus sought to turn the philosopher into... | |
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It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies,... 
