Salon
U-Sophia's salon on-line is a republic of letters, with no governing body, no border to pass in-order to join. Visitors to our republic agree to the sole two rules, or regulations - NO POLITICS, and a solemn commitment to polite conversation.
A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase their knowledge of the participants through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace}'s definition of the aims of poetry:
"either to please or to educate" (aut delectare aut prodesse est).
Salons, commonly associated with French literary and philosophical movements of the 17th century and 18th centuries, were carried on until quite recently, in urban settings, among like-minded people.Salons, commonly associated with French literary and philosophical movements of the 17th century and 18th centuries, were carried on until quite recently, in urban settings, among like-minded people.
Republic of Letters (Respublica letteraria) is most commonly used to define intellectual communities in the late seventeenth and eighteenth century in Europe and America. It especially brought together the intellectuals of Age of Enlightenment, or "philosophes" as they were called in France.
U-Sophia aims to create An intellectual community which transcend space and time, [granting full respect to the "other"; be that other a speaker of a different language, sect, nationality, opinion, creed, or social class. Our Republic of letters. ideal as it may be, is in no way utopian, it establishes a protected environment to share, differ, converse, agree or disagree, convince or be convinced. U-Sophia allows for all and any human weaknesses, believing that the spirit of curiosity will bridge over jealosies, fanaticism.
U-Sophia is the largest ever Salon litteraire, the ultimate Republic of letters - U-Sophia IS wherever there is a dynamically curious mind with a computer and a link to the internet!
U-Sophia hosts artists, musicians, writers, actors, directors, ballet dancers - in short those who have a lot to share, and are willing to do so.
U-Sophia also hosts masterclasses and workshops on-line.
U-Sophia hosts series in music, literature, cinema, art, philosophy, ballet, theatre, architecture and much more.
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