Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times / Anthony, Third Earl of Shaftesbury ; foreword by Douglas Den Uyl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671-1713.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (841 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, c2001.

Summary:

Reprints the 1732 revision of a three-volume work first published in 1711. Aiming to make the text as accessible as possible to the modern reader, the publishers translate all Latin and Greek in the body of the text, footnoting the original, and include Shafesbury's illustrations as part of the text, as originally situated. Includes a small packet of illustrated cards. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

""Anthony, Third Earl of Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Details ""; ""Table of Contents, p. vii ""; ""Foreword, p. ix ""; ""A Note on the Text, p. xv ""; ""Volume I ""; ""Preface, p. xxiii ""; ""Treatise I. A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, To My Lord Sommers, p. 1 ""; ""Treatise II. Sensus Communis: An Essay on the Freedom of With and Humour, p. 37 ""; ""Treatise III. Soliloquy: Or, Advice to an Author, p. 95 ""; ""Volume II ""; ""Treatise IV. An Inquiry Concerning Virtue, or Merit, p. 1 ""

""Treatise V. The Moralists, A Philosophical Rhapsody, p. 101 """"Volume III ""; ""Treatise VI. Miscellaneous Reflections, &c., p. 1 ""; ""Treatise VII. A Notion of the Historical Draught or Tablature of the Judgment of Hercules, p. 211 ""; ""A Letter Concerning the Art, or Science of Design, p. 241 ""; ""Shaftesbury's Index, p. 253 ""; ""Index to this Edition, p. 293 ""

Notes:

Originally published: 6th ed., cor., with the addition of a letter concerning design. London : Printed by J. Purser, 1737-1738. With new introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4619-3348-X

1-61487-860-9

OCLC:

62355473