Shaftesbury: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times by Lord Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times by Lord Shaftesbury

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This important Enlightenment text ranges widely over ethics, aesthetics, religion, the arts, and ancient and modern history, and aims at nothing less than a new ideal of the gentleman. This volume, first published in 2000, presents an edition of the text together with an introduction, explanatory notes and a guide to further reading.

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Shaftesbury: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times by Lord Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury's Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times was first published in 1711. It 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. Together with Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Addison and Steele's Spectator, it is a text of fundamental importance for understanding the thought and culture of Enlightenment Europe. This volume, first published in 2000, presents an edition of the text together with an introduction, explanatory notes and a guide to further reading.
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ISBN 13 9780521578929
ISBN 10 0521578922
Title Shaftesbury: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times
Author Lord Shaftesbury
Series Cambridge Texts In The History Of Philosophy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2000-01-13
Number of pages 532
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