 | Thomas Paine - 2004 - 260 páginas
...Autobiography he describes its rules: The Rules I drew up requir'd that every Member in his Turn should produce one or more Queries on any Point of Morals, Politics or Natural Philosophy, to be discuss 'd by the Company, and once in three Months produce & read an Essay of his own Writing on any... | |
 | Timothy Stagich - 2005 - 264 páginas
...mutual improvement . . . The rules that 1 drew up required that every member in his turn should produce one or more queries on any point of morals, politics...essay of his own writing on any subject he pleased." (Franklin, 1994). This concept of debate from the mind of one of the greatest driving forces of American... | |
 | John Durham Peters - 2010 - 318 páginas
...conversation.21 "Our debates," Franklin writes of the Junto, a mutual improvement society he founded, "were to be under the direction of a president, and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of enquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute or desire of victory; and to prevent warmth, all... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 2005 - 330 páginas
...met every Friday Evening. The Rules I drew up, requir'd that every Member in his Turn should produce one or more Queries on any Point of Morals, Politics or Natural Philosophy, to be discuss'd by the Company, and that every once in three Months produce and read an Essay of his own... | |
 | Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz - 2005 - 328 páginas
...The Autobiography. The rules that I drew up required that every member, in his turn, should produce one or more queries on any point of Morals, Politics, or Natural Philosophy [physics], to be discuss'd by the company; and once in three months produce and read an essay of his... | |
 | Sue Ann Prince - 2005 - 160 páginas
...politics, and science were discussed and examined as in a coffeehouse with more structure and order: "Our Debates were to be under the Direction of a President, and to be conducted in the sincere Spirit of Enqmry after Truth, without Fondness for Dispute, or Desire ofVictory." u The Library Company, which... | |
 | Phillips Russell - 2006 - 397 páginas
...more queries on any point of Morals, Politics, or Natural Philosophy, to be discuss'd by the company 5 and once in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing on any subject he pleased." Expressions of positiveness in opinions or direct contradiction were fined. Disputation and mere desire... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2007 - 258 páginas
...on Friday evenings. The rules that I drew up required that every member, in his turn, should produce one or more queries on any point of Morals, Politics, or Natural Philosophy, to be discuss'd by the company; and once in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on... | |
 | Mark Allen - 2007 - 432 páginas
...on Friday evenings. The rules that I drew up required that every member, in his turn, should produce one or more queries on any point of Morals, Politics, or Natural Philosophy [physics], to be discuss'd by the company; and once in three months produce and read an essay of his... | |
 | Edwin Almiron Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1927 - 648 páginas
...on Friday evenings. The rules that I drew up required that every member, in his turn, should produce one or more queries on any point of Morals, Politics,...once in three months produce and read an essay of his ovfB writing, on any subject he pleased. Our debates were to be under the 432 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN direction... | |
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JUNTO ; we met on Friday evenings. The rules that I drew up required that every member, in his turn, should produce one or more queries on any point of Morals, Politics, or Natural Philosophy, to be discuss'd by the company ; and once in three months... 
