Translated here into Serbian for the first time, the essays by Dena Goodman (“Enlightenment Salons: The Convergence of Female and Philosophic Ambitions”), and Antoine Lilti (“Sociabilité et mondanité: Les hommes de lettres dans les salons parisiens au XVIIIe siècle), published in this volume, thematize the status and nature of Parisian salons in the novel social context of the eighteenth century. The nobility of the persons of letters who met in these salons, turns out possibly to have been even more important than their learnedness, and pleasant conversation more important than conducting research – until they grew into Jacobin Clubs. The volume pays particular attention to the until recently neglected role of the salonnières, the women that organized these weekly soirees and moderated the flow of conversation among the highly respectable guests they were only too proud to host.