Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (14630)	5/27/2001 2:11:56 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Cultivation: from the Latin cultus, past participle of colere Synonyms: culture, cultivation, breeding, refinement, taste. These nouns denote a personal quality resulting from the development of intellect, manners, and aesthetic appreciation. Culture implies enlightenment attained through close association with and appreciation of the highest level of civilization: “Culture is then properly described not as having its origin in curiosity, but as having its origin in the love of perfection” (Matthew Arnold). Cultivation suggests the process of self-improvement or self-development through which culture is acquired: The books and paintings in her library reflect her considerable cultivation. Breeding is revealed especially in good manners, poise, and sensitivity to the feelings of others: “The test of a man's or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel” (George Bernard Shaw). Refinement stresses aversion to coarseness and implies a delicacy of feeling associated with fastidiousness: “to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion” (William Henry Channing). Taste is the capacity for recognizing and appreciating what is fitting, proper, or aesthetically superior: “These questions of taste, of feeling, of inheritance, need no settlement. Every one carries his own inch-rule of taste” (Henry Adams).