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This important Enlightenment text ranges widely over ethics, aesthetics, religion, the arts, and ancient and modern history, and aims at nothing less than a new ideal of the gentleman. This volume, first published in 2000, presents an edition of the text together with an introduction, explanatory notes and a guide to further reading.

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Preface; A letter concerning enthusiasm; Sensus communis, an essay on the freedom of wit and humour; Soliloquy, or advice to an author; An inquiry concerning virtue or merit; The moralists, a philosophical rhapsody; Miscellaneous reflections.

Shaftesbury Characteristics of Men Manners

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 1/13/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521578929, 978-0521578929
      ISBN10: 0521578922
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This important Enlightenment text ranges widely over ethics, aesthetics, religion, the arts, and ancient and modern history, and aims at nothing less than a new ideal of the gentleman. This volume, first published in 2000, presents an edition of the text together with an introduction, explanatory notes and a guide to further reading.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; A letter concerning enthusiasm; Sensus communis, an essay on the freedom of wit and humour; Soliloquy, or advice to an author; An inquiry concerning virtue or merit; The moralists, a philosophical rhapsody; Miscellaneous reflections.

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