Characteristics of men, manners, opinions, times /

"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...

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Autore principale: Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671-1713
Altri autori: Klein, Lawrence Eliot
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Serie:Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=73023
Sommario:
  • 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.