Shaftesbury: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times

This book, first published in 2000, presents an edition of one of the most important texts of the Enlightenment.

Lord Shaftesbury (Author), Lawrence E. Klein (Edited by)

9780521578929, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 13 January 2000

532 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.77 kg

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.

Preface
A letter concerning enthusiasm
Sensus communis, an essay on the freedom of wit and humour
Soliloquy, or advice to an author
An inquiry concerning virtue or merit
The moralists, a philosophical rhapsody
Miscellaneous reflections.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 [HPCD]