joseph addison the aims of the spectator summary
The Spectator (1711)
In Number 10 , Mr. Spectator states that The Spectator will aim `` to enliven morality with wit , and to temper wit with morality '' . The journal reached an audience of thousands of people every day , because `` the Spectators was something that every middle - class household with aspirations to looking like its members took literature seriously would want to have . '' He hopes it will be said he has `` brought philosophy out of closets and libraries , schools , and colleges , to dwell in clubs and assemblies , at tea - tables and coffee -- houses '' . Women specifically were also a target audience for The Spectator , because one of the aims of the periodical was to increase the number of women who were `` of a more elevated life and conversation . '' Steele states in The Spectator , No. 10 , `` But there are none to whom this paper will be more useful than to the female world . '' He recommends that readers of the paper consider it `` as a part of the tea - equipage '' and set aside time to read it each morning . The Spectator sought to provide readers with topics for well - reasoned discussion , and to equip them to carry on conversations and engage in social interactions in a polite manner . In keeping with the values of Enlightenment philosophies of their time , the authors of The Spectator promoted family , marriage , and courtesy . 
In Number 10 , Mr. Spectator states that The Spectator will aim `` to enliven morality with wit , and to temper wit with morality '' . The journal reached an audience of thousands of people every day , because `` the Spectators was something that every middle - class household with aspirations to looking like its members took literature seriously would want to have . '' He hopes it will be said he has `` brought philosophy out of closets and libraries , schools , and colleges , to dwell in clubs and assemblies , at tea - tables and coffee -- houses '' . Women specifically were also a target audience for The Spectator , because one of the aims of the periodical was to increase the number of women who were `` of a more elevated life and conversation . '' Steele states in The Spectator , No. 10 , `` But there are none to whom this paper will be more useful than to the female world . '' He recommends that readers of the paper consider it `` as a part of the tea - equipage '' and set aside time to read it each morning . The Spectator sought to provide readers with topics for well - reasoned discussion , and to equip them to carry on conversations and engage in social interactions in a polite manner . In keeping with the values of Enlightenment philosophies of their time , the authors of The Spectator promoted family , marriage , and courtesy .
The Spectator will aim ``to enliven morality with wit , and to temper wit with morality ''. Women specifically were also a target audience for The Spectator, because one of the aims of the periodical was to increase the number of women who were ``of a more elevated life and conversation.'' The Spectator sought to provide readers with topics for well - reasoned discussion, and to equip them to carry on conversations and engage in social interactions in a polite manner.
In Number 10 , Mr. Spectator states that The Spectator will aim `` to enliven morality with wit , and to temper wit with morality '' . Women specifically were also a target audience for The Spectator , because one of the aims of the periodical was to increase the number of women who were `` of a more elevated life and conversation . '' The Spectator sought to provide readers with topics for well - reasoned discussion , and to equip them to carry on conversations and engage in social interactions in a polite manner .
The Spectator will aim ``to enliven morality with wit , and to temper wit with morality ''. Women specifically were also a target audience for The Spectator, because one of the aims of the periodical was to increase the number of women who were ``of a more elevated life and conversation.'' The Spectator sought to provide readers with topics for well - reasoned discussion, and to enable them to carry on conversations and engage in social interactions in a polite manner.
In Number 10 , Mr. Spectator states that The Spectator will aim `` to enliven morality with wit , and to temper wit with morality '' . Women specifically were also a target audience for The Spectator , because one of the aims of the periodical was to increase the number of women who were `` of a more elevated life and conversation . '' The Spectator sought to provide readers with topics for well - reasoned discussion , and to equip them to carry on conversations and engage in social interactions in a polite manner .