Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times

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Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times is an influential early 18th-century philosophical work by the Earl of Shaftesbury that explores morality, aesthetics, and human nature through a series of essays and dialogues.

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instanceOf essay collection ⓘ
moral philosophy text ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
author Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
Earl of Shaftesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsConcept disinterestedness in aesthetics ⓘ
harmony between virtue and self-interest ⓘ
moral sense ⓘ
ridicule as a test of truth ⓘ
sociable nature of humans ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1711 ⓘ
form essays and dialogues ⓘ
genre aesthetics ⓘ
essay ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Characteristics ⓘ
historicalContext early Enlightenment Britain ⓘ
influenced Adam Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
David Hume NERFINISHED ⓘ
Francis Hutcheson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scottish Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ
aesthetic theory in the 18th century ⓘ
moral sense theory ⓘ
literaryDevice dialogue ⓘ
essay ⓘ
literaryStyle polished neoclassical prose ⓘ
mainTheme aesthetics ⓘ
human nature ⓘ
morality ⓘ
sociability ⓘ
taste ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
notableFor systematic articulation of the moral sense theory ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
philosophicalPosition defense of innate moral sense ⓘ
link between beauty and virtue ⓘ
opposition to Hobbesian egoism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition British moral philosophy ⓘ
early Enlightenment ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
reception highly influential in 18th-century moral philosophy ⓘ
widely read among Enlightenment thinkers ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield (as a contrasting style, not by same author) NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure series of interrelated treatises ⓘ
subjectOfStudy Enlightenment philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
history of aesthetics ⓘ
history of ethics ⓘ

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