| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvii, 490 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy |
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Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: letter concerning enthusiasm to my Lord -- Sensus communis, an essay on the freedom of wit and humour in a letter to a friend -- Soliloquy, or advice to an author -- inquiry concerning virtue or merit -- moralists, a philosophical rhapsody, being a recital of certain conversations on natural and moral subjects -- Miscellaneous reflections on the preceding treatises and other critical subjects |
| Summary |
"Shaftesbury's Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times ranges widely over ethics, aesthetics, religion, the arts (painting, literature, architecture, gardening), and ancient and modern history, and aims at nothing less than a new ideal of the gentleman. It is a text of fundamental importance for understanding the thought and culture of Enlightenment Europe. This volume presents a new edition of the text together with an introduction that examines its relationship to its historical period and to Shaftesbury's thought as a whole."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Philosophy -- Social aspects -- England -- 18th century
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Philosophy -- Political aspects -- England -- 18th century
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Ethics, Modern -- 18th century.
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Social ethics -- England -- 18th century
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Ethics, Modern.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Ethics, Modern
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Philosophy -- Political aspects
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Philosophy -- Social aspects
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Social ethics
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England
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Klein, Lawrence Eliot
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| ISBN |
0511010451 |
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9780511010453 |
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