"I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and…
Joseph Addison’s Spectator persona announces the aim of bringing philosophy into clubs, assemblies and coffee houses. That public, conversational critical programme…
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"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, at Tea-Tables, and in Coffee- Houses."
To whom do you attribute this famous statement?
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Correct answer B
Joseph Addison’s Spectator persona announces the aim of bringing philosophy into clubs, assemblies and coffee houses. That public, conversational critical programme identifies Addison rather than Johnson, Lamb or Pope.
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