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Showing posts with label On the Art of Conference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label On the Art of Conference. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

What bearing does the opening, about giving examples, have on the rest of "Of the Art of Conference?"

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What part should civility play in conversation?

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What would be the effect of a regular re-reading of Montaigne's catalog of "verbal crimes" (Conference, p. 13)?

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In "...Conference," what is the purpose of the long digression (pp. 18-20) on fortune?

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Do you agree that historians should report everything, even improbable incidents (Conference, p. 25)?

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