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Chapter 88 The Beneficial Social

[UK] Hume
Each of them is able to express his views on various issues in the best way he can, exchange information, and have mutual enjoyment.

The social world is formed by a group of people with various interests and hobbies who like to socialize.Pleasant appreciation, easy and graceful reason, reflections on the various affairs of human life in different shades, a sense of responsibility for public life, the observation of defects or perfections in concrete things, bring together people from all directions and classes.Thinking about some of these issues, if only one person alone is lack of strength, it will not work, you need to participate in the same people, you need to talk and communicate with the same kind of people, in order to obtain the necessary mental training.In this way people will naturally form social groups, each of whom can express his views on various problems, exchange information, and enjoy each other in the best way he can.

But such conversations in gatherings must have the aid of reasoning in poetry, political discourse, history, and philosophy, for without the aid of these there will be no subject of conversation which would be suitable for the discourse of rational men.If there were no such topics, would not all our conversations be tedious chatter, and what gain would our minds gain?Except for the same old routine:
Endless blah, blah, blah, blah.

Gossip, parents short-sighted.

Confused and distracted.

Such wasting of time is the least welcome among company, and the most consuming of our taste and will.

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In the eyes of many people, a beneficial social interaction may be the business negotiated in the exchange of wine, the network established in the frown and smile, the guest and the host in the flattery... In fact, this kind of social interaction is only based on the relationship of interests use and be used.A truly rewarding society is like this: a pleasant taste, a refined understanding, a clear reflection on the affairs of life, a sense of responsibility for public life, an observation of the imperfection or perfection of specific things.On this basis, when talking with people of the same kind, you can get the necessary mental training and get emotional happiness and comfort from each other.

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