The Apostles

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The Apostles were an elite, secretive intellectual society at the University of Cambridge, known for its influential members and philosophical discussions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf discussion group
intellectual society
secret society
affiliation Cambridge Apostles
surface form: University of Cambridge student societies
alsoKnownAs Cambridge Apostles
Conversazione Society
associatedWith Cambridge University intellectual life
King’s College, Cambridge
surface form: King's College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge
characteristic elite
intellectual
philosophical
secretive
country England
United Kingdom
fieldOfWork literature
philosophy
politics
foundedInPeriod 19th century
hasPart essay presentations
group discussions
weekly meetings
influenced Bloomsbury Group
British intellectual history
analytic philosophy
language English
location Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
membershipPolicy highly selective
invitation only
notableMember Alfred, Lord Tennyson
surface form: Alfred Tennyson

Bertrand Russell
E. M. Forster
G. E. Moore
John Maynard Keynes
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Lytton Strachey
purpose exchange of ideas
intellectual debate
philosophical discussion
topicOf biographies of John Maynard Keynes
histories of British philosophy
studies of Cambridge intellectual culture
tradition confidentiality of discussions
lifelong membership status
small membership

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Cambridge Apostles alsoKnownAs The Apostles
Rupert Brooke memberOf The Apostles
this entity surface form: Apostles (Cambridge Conversazione Society)
Conversazione Society alsoKnownAs The Apostles
Impossible Missions Force opposes The Apostles
August Walker affiliation The Apostles
this entity surface form: Apostles