Reason, grace, and sentiment : a study of the language of religion and ethics in England, 1660-1780. Volume 2, Shaftesbury to Hume / Isabel Rivers. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rivers, Isabel, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 37.

Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious thought--England--17th century.

Religious thought.

English language--Religious aspects--Christianity.

English language.

Religious thought--England--18th century.

Christian ethics--England--History--17th century.

Christian ethics.

Christian ethics--England--History--18th century.

England--Church history--17th century.

England.

England--Church history--18th century.

England--Intellectual life--17th century.

England--Intellectual life--18th century.

England--Languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 386 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Reason, Grace, & Sentiment

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume completes Isabel Rivers' widely acclaimed exploration of the relationship between religion and ethics from the mid-seventeenth to the later eighteenth centuries. She investigates the effect of attempts to separate ethics from religion, and to locate the foundation of morals in the constitution of human nature. Focusing on moral philosophy and the educational institutions in which (or in spite of which) these ideas were developed, the book pays close attention to the movement of ideas through the British Isles, in particular the spread of Shaftesbury's thought from England to Ireland and Scotland, and the varied reception of Hume's scepticism north and south of the border. It also demonstrates the enormous influence of Shaftesbury's moral thought and the ultimate triumph of the English interpretation of Shaftesbury with the rise of Butler. Meticulously researched and accessibly written, this volume makes a vital contribution to our understanding of eighteenth-century thought.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The true religion of nature: the freethinkers and their opponents; 2 Shaftesbury and the defence of natural affection; 3 Defining the moral faculty: Hutcheson, Butler, and Price; 4 The ethics of sentiment and the religious hypothesis: Hume and his critics; 5 The conflict of languages in the later eighteenth century; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781107111639

1107111633

9781280162305

1280162309

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0511065361

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9780511310386

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9780511484476

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9780511067495

0511067496

OCLC:

171122215

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07593 hdl