Enlightenment salons

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Enlightenment salons were influential social gatherings in early modern France where intellectuals, writers, and philosophers met to discuss and spread new ideas about reason, science, politics, and society.

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Enlightenment salons canonical 2
French Enlightenment salons 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Enlightenment phenomenon ⓘ
cultural practice ⓘ
intellectual gathering ⓘ
social institution ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Enlightenment ⓘ
characteristicFeature conversation as central activity ⓘ
emphasis on wit and politeness ⓘ
mixed-gender participation among elites ⓘ
private domestic setting ⓘ
regularly scheduled meetings ⓘ
declinedIn 19th century ⓘ
emergedFrom 17th-century French salons ⓘ
hasHostRole salonnière ⓘ
hasLanguage French ⓘ
hasLocation France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
hasPeriod 18th century ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
hasPurpose circulation of new literature ⓘ
formation of public opinion ⓘ
promotion of reason ⓘ
spread of Enlightenment ideas ⓘ
hasSocialFunction cross-class interaction within elites ⓘ
informal education ⓘ
networking among elites ⓘ
patronage of writers ⓘ
influenced French Revolution political culture ⓘ
French public sphere ⓘ
development of literary criticism ⓘ
reception of scientific ideas in France ⓘ
mainActivity literary discussion ⓘ
philosophical discussion ⓘ
political debate ⓘ
scientific debate ⓘ
social critique ⓘ
notableHost Madame Geoffrin ⓘ
Madame Necker ⓘ
Madame de Lambert ⓘ
Madame de Staël ⓘ
Madame du Deffand ⓘ
notableParticipant Baron d’Holbach ⓘ
linked to: Baron d'Holbach

Condorcet ⓘ
Denis Diderot ⓘ
Jean d’Alembert ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Montesquieu ⓘ
Voltaire ⓘ
relatedTo French academies ⓘ
Republic of Letters ⓘ
coffeehouse culture ⓘ

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Cirey, Kingdom of France → category → Enlightenment salons ⓘ
Enlightenment studies → includesTopic → Enlightenment salons ⓘ
Ferdinando Galiani → participantIn → French Enlightenment salons ⓘ
linked to: Enlightenment salons