“Nella vita di tutti i giorni [i francesi] hanno portato al massimo grado di perfezione quell'arte che, fra tutte, è la più utile e la più gradevole, l'art de vivre, l'arte della società e della conversazione. - David Hume, The Philosophical Works”
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The Age of Conversation
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