Conversazione Society

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The Conversazione Society, commonly known as the Cambridge Apostles, is an elite and secretive intellectual discussion group at the University of Cambridge whose members have included many prominent philosophers, writers, and politicians.

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instanceOf intellectual discussion group
learned society
secret society
student society
affiliation colleges of the University of Cambridge
alsoKnownAs Cambridge Apostles
The Apostles
associatedWith Bloomsbury Group
characteristic elite
informal
secretive
country United Kingdom
foundedIn 1820
founder Frederick Denison Maurice
surface form: Frederic Denison Maurice

George Tomlinson
John Grote
historicalPeriodOfProminence early 20th century
late 19th century
influenced Cambridge intellectual culture
analytic philosophy in Britain
language English
locatedIn Cambridge, England
surface form: Cambridge

England
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
meetingFormat paper presentation followed by discussion
meetingFrequency weekly
membershipType invitation-only
male-only (historically)
notableMember Alfred, Lord Tennyson
surface form: Alfred Tennyson

Bertrand Russell
E. M. Forster
G. E. Moore
John Maynard Keynes
Leonard Woolf
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Lytton Strachey
Roger Fry
Rupert Brooke
purpose intellectual debate
literary discussion
philosophical discussion
political discussion
selectionCriteria capacity for discussion
intellectual ability
originality of thought
tradition members present papers called "dissertations"
secrecy about membership
use of nicknames for members

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The Apostles alsoKnownAs Conversazione Society