[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Boomer

C’mon, man,

You took me out of context. Why did you leave out my entire, informative lecture. (That’s a rhetorical question, meaning I already know the answer so I am supposed to use a period instead of a question mark.)

Anyway. . .you said Italy. I said France. ‘Originated’ is the operative word I guess. I am not going to argue with you about that. Looks like your 16th Century beats my 18th Century. I guess the salon made its way to Paris.

And, yes, beautiful, educated women are quite capable of galvanizing.

Boomer

Thank you, Boomer, for introducing the notion of the salon and the Age of Enlightenment. I had heard that the introduction of coffee to Europe in the mid to late 16th century had something to do with that as well. So salons and coffee houses along with Isaac Newton's publication, "Principia Mathematica", seem to have got the Age of Enlightenment off to a good start (IMHO).