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A Republic of Letters?...or a confederacy of slogans?

The Republic of Letters was an Enlightenment concept. It was an exercise in early internationalism, which concieved of a polity of the intellect and rationality. Citizenship of this 'republic'...

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didn't those 'writings' have to be juried or something?and if they did how would the internet compare.there certainly isn't anyone riding herd on the content or quality of what passes for original...

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A forum like this one seems to be exactly the pratical application of this idea...

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Re: A Republic of Letters?...or a confederacy of slogans?

One major difference (and I link these all together): television/radio/the telephone/the airplane.Audible communication -- and later audiovisual communication -- seems to gain in perceived value as...

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Somebody referred me to this site. I am immediately impressed.To compare the internet to the original republic of letters, one must analyse the purpose of the latter. As mentioned, the former, the...

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Welcome, D4! :)

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Re: A Republic of Letters?...or a confederacy of slogans?

Mmm ... like-mindedness: in the Republic of Letters, that degree of literacy itself selected for like-mindedness, if not necessarily for agreement within certain established constraints. The medium...

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Re: A Republic of Letters?...or a confederacy of slogans?

Each of these message boards would be a little Republic. Just much, much more easily accessible, and faster. The fact that it is so accessible means that like-minded Republics can form.The Internet...

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I still got the ol' magic...;)Yes, welcome and hello to yourself D4nno.So, I log on innocently to Crossroads for the first time in a wee while, only to discover we are in fact living in some sort of...

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