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  • John Locke on Conversation with Friends and Strangers

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    Yeo, Richard
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    Yeo, Richard R.
    Year published
    2009
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    Abstract
    John Locke did not write an 'essay' on the standard humanist topic of friendship; yet his letters, notebooks, and major works contain significant reflections on it, if not a systematic position. This article considers what Locke thought about the importance of conversation, often paired in humanist writings with the ideal of a perfect friendship between two equals. He entertained a version of this notion, asserting that best friends must be lovers of truth, but also valued informal exchanges with strangers as sources of new information and ideas. For Locke, conversation with both friends and strangers was a necessary instrument ...
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    John Locke did not write an 'essay' on the standard humanist topic of friendship; yet his letters, notebooks, and major works contain significant reflections on it, if not a systematic position. This article considers what Locke thought about the importance of conversation, often paired in humanist writings with the ideal of a perfect friendship between two equals. He entertained a version of this notion, asserting that best friends must be lovers of truth, but also valued informal exchanges with strangers as sources of new information and ideas. For Locke, conversation with both friends and strangers was a necessary instrument in the pursuit of truth.
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    Journal Title
    Parergon
    Volume
    26
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1353/pgn.0.0157
    Copyright Statement
    © 2009 ANZAMEMS. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Literary studies
    Historical studies
    Historical studies not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/30176
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