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Joseph Addison

Overview

Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was a British writer and politician. He was the eldest son of Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine. His simple prose style marked the end of the mannerisms and conventional classical images of the 17th century. Addison is also famous for his play Cato, a Tragedy, written in 1712.

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Philosophers who discussed Joseph Addison

• George Berkeley
• David Hume

Related ideas

• Edmund Burke
• Magdalen College, Oxford
• Jonathan Swift
• Charterhouse School
• American Revolution
• Republicanism
• Cato the Younger
• Monarchism
• Alexander Pope
• Founding Fathers of the United States
• John Dryden
• Liberty

Place in the tradition

Part of Classicism.

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