republic of letters
AmericanEtymology
Origin of republic of letters
First recorded in 1695–1705
Example Sentences
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The republic of letters has fallen under a sustained assault by prestige TV and the immediacy of the iPhone; we dwell now in the empire of almighty statistics, where inputs and outputs rule.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023
Thus, from the thinkers themselves participating in the republic of letters down to artisans trading pirated copies of enlightenment works, the new ideas of the period permeated much of European society.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
His essays, as gathered in United States: Essays 1952-1992, make up more than 1,000 pages of vivid writing about books and ideas – perhaps his main contribution to the republic of letters.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
Thirdly, I want to know why this situation doesn't seem to bother anyone in the great republic of letters, least of all that guardian of literary precision and exactitude, the TLS.
From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2010
He could not imagine turning the republic of letters into a vast law court.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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