Principles of politeness, and of knowing the world (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Eighteenth-Century Etiquette, Worldly Wisdom, and Georgian High Society ConductBy Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield
Length3h 55m
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Principles of Politeness, and of Knowing the World distils the social philosophy of eighteenth-century civility into a compact manual of conduct. Drawn from the celebrated Chesterfieldian tradition of letters and maxims, it instructs the reader in conversation, dress, tact, self-command, and the delicate arts by which private merit becomes publicly legible. Its prose is aphoristic, urbane, and pragmatic, belonging to the Enlightenment culture of improvement while also reflecting the courtly, salon, and diplomatic worlds in which manners were instruments of power. Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), was a British statesman, diplomat, and consummate observer of society. His experience in Parliament, at court, and in European embassies shaped his conviction that knowledge without grace often fails in the world. The work's pedagogic urgency derives especially from the letters he wrote to his son, whom he sought to prepare for public life through a disciplined education in taste, language, and worldly prudence. This book is recommended to readers interested in etiquette, rhetoric, social history, or the moral psychology of ambition. Modern audiences may question its elitism and strategic view of sociability, yet precisely for that reason it remains invaluable: a lucid guide to the codes of refinement that governed Georgian society and a revealing document of how character, performance, and power were once imagined to meet.
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GenreSelf-Help
Length3 hrs 55 mins
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Publish dateNov 22, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Principles of politeness, and of knowing the world (Annotated)
14KNOWLEDGE of the WORLD.
2INTRODUCTION
15CHOICE of COMPANY.
3PRINCIPLES OF POLITENESS, &c.
16LAUGHTER.
4MODESTY.
17SUNDRY LITTLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
5LYING.
18EMPLOYMENT of TIME.
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6GOOD-BREEDING.
19DIGNITY of MANNERS.
7GENTEEL CARRIAGE.
20RULES for CONVERSATION.
8CLEANLINESS of PERSON.
21A FATHER’S LEGACY TO HIS DAUGHTERS .
9DRESS.
22RELIGION.
10ELEGANCE of EXPRESSION.
23CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOUR.
11ADDRESS, PHRASEOLOGY, and SMALL-TALK.
24AMUSEMENTS.
12OBSERVATION.
25FRIENDSHIP, LOVE, MARRIAGE.
13ABSENCE of MIND.
26Memorable Quotes
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