Addison, Joseph(1672–1719)
Joseph Addison—Oxford scholar, poet, playwright, essayist, and politician—figures in the history of philosophy chiefly on the strength of his Essay on t...
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The English essayist and politician Joseph Addison (1672-1719) founded the "Spectator" periodical with Sir Richard Steele.Joseph Addison was born on May 1, 1672, the son of the rector of Milston, Wilt...
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Nathan Drake keened in 1805 that Joseph Addison for all his literary achievement and "moral dominion" frustrated biographers, who stood helpless before his reticence and distrust of self-revelation. T...
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Biography EssayNathan Drake keened in 1805 that Joseph Addison for all his literary achievement and "moral dominion" frustrated biographers, who stood helpless before his reticence and distrust of sel...
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Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)
Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison