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The Principles of the Art of Conversation
J. P. Mahaffy
Talk, Mahaffy claims, can be taught like Greek, and he was famous for both. The Dublin professor analyzes conversation's conditions, physical, mental, and moral, from quickness and knowledge to modesty, simplicity, and the problem of shyness. The most systematic treatise ever written on being good company. Master the principles; delight follows.
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29 chapters
- 1THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ART OF CONVERSATION
- 2PREFACE
- 3ANALYSIS
- 4INTRODUCTION
- 5Subjective Side—Physical Conditions
- 6Mental Conditions—Special Knowledge
- 7General Knowledge
- 8Intellectual Quickness
- 9Moral Conditions—Modesty
- 10Moral Conditions—Simplicity
- 11Moral Conditions—Shyness Reserve
- 12Unselfishness
- 13Sympathy
- 14Moral Conditions—Tact
- 15Conditions too General—Moral Worth and Truthfulness
- 16Conditions too Special—Wit and Humour
- 17Humour
- 18Objective Conditions. The Company—Its Number
+ 11 more. The full contents open with the book.
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