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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
This book takes a philosophical look at man and society. Written by Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury, the 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, this work is an exploration of human nature and the factors that shape it. Spanning topics from ethics to aesthetics, this is a thought-provoking book for anyone interested in philosophy and human behavior. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
This new Liberty Fund edition of "Characteristicks" presents the complete 1732 text of this classic work of philosophy and political theory. Also included are faithful reproductions of the stirring engravings that Shaftesbury created to facilitate the reader's consideration of his meditations on the interrelationships among truth, goodness, beauty, virtue, liberty, responsibility, society, and the state. Click here to view a sample art card.The grandson of a founder and leader of the English Whigs, and tutored by John Locke, Anthony Ashley Cooper, the Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713), wrote one of the most intellectually influential works in English of the eighteenth century. This was the three-volume "Characteristicks, " originally published in 1711, but revised in 1714 to accommodate the engravings of illustrations that Shaftesbury himself executed to aid the reader's consideration of his reflections on virtue as a kind of rationally achieved harmony among the affections.Widely regarded as the first exponent of the view that ethics derives, not from reason alone, but from "sentiment," Shaftesbury criticizes not only Locke but, especially, Hobbes for the dim view that "the state of nature" is "a war of all against all." To the contrary, Shaftesbury argued that human nature responds most fully to representations of the good, the true, and the beautiful, and that human beings naturally desire society. In all of these reflections, he provides a large scope for the exercise of individual liberty and responsibility.Douglas Den Uyl has for many years been a Professor of Philosophy at Bellarmine College, Louisville, and is Vice President of Educational Programs for Liberty Fund, Inc.