Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (World Philosophers and Their Works)
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- Author: Anthony Ashley Cooper
- First Published: 1711
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Context
Anthony Ashley Cooper, third earl of Shaftesbury, was a grandson of the famous Whig statesman of the same name. When his own career in politics was cut short by ill health, he turned his liberal and humanitarian efforts into literary channels, bringing to the task, besides a Puritan sense of moral responsibility, an aesthetic sensibility disciplined by the study of Greek and Roman models. His assorted essays, published under the title of Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, develop the ideal of humankind working out the purposes of God through moral...
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