Six Degrees....
Sep. 9th, 2020 03:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakOn a lighter note: in ye olde 1990s, there used to be this party game, which became a stage play: "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon". Meaning you could connect anyone in the world to Kevin Bacon in six steps, maximum.
Well, after one year of 18th century source reading with my comrades in armysmildred_of_midgard and cahn, I have concluded that the Age of Enlightenment equivalent clearly is "Six Degrees of Francesco Algarotti". Meaning not only that you can connect anyone to Francesco Algarotti in six steps, maximum, but some of these steps probably include people who have had sex with Algarotti, or tried to habe sex with Algarotti, or wrote about other people having sex with Algarotti.
If you don't know who Francesco Algarotti was, never mind. A year ago, neither did I. But believe me: six steps. Maximum. Try me. (Or the above mentioned ladies.)
Well, after one year of 18th century source reading with my comrades in armys
mildred_of_midgard and cahn, I have concluded that the Age of Enlightenment equivalent clearly is "Six Degrees of Francesco Algarotti". Meaning not only that you can connect anyone to Francesco Algarotti in six steps, maximum, but some of these steps probably include people who have had sex with Algarotti, or tried to habe sex with Algarotti, or wrote about other people having sex with Algarotti. If you don't know who Francesco Algarotti was, never mind. A year ago, neither did I. But believe me: six steps. Maximum. Try me. (Or the above mentioned ladies.)
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Date: 2020-09-09 05:58 pm (UTC)Also, Kevin Bacon was exactly what was on my mind when I joked about everyone in the Enlightenment being 2 degrees apart max, mostly thanks to Algarotti. :P Well spotted! (I don't watch movies, as you know, but in the 90s, my best friend was a cinephile, so she told me about this game.)
"Six Degrees of Francesco Alvarotti"
You have a typo here.
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Date: 2020-09-09 11:27 pm (UTC)Can you do Olympe de Gouges?
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