Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times is a collection of previously published treatises and essays
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Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times is a seminal early-18th-century philosophical work by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, that helped shape Enlightenment moral philosophy and aesthetics.
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essay collection
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philosophical work ⓘ treatise collection ⓘ |
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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
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Shaftesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| describedAs |
influential work in early modern aesthetics
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seminal work of Enlightenment moral philosophy ⓘ |
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aesthetics
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essay ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ treatise ⓘ |
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collection of essays
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collection of previously published treatises ⓘ |
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essays
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treatises ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early Enlightenment in Britain ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to development of modern aesthetics
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helped shape Enlightenment moral philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
British moral philosophy
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Enlightenment ethics ⓘ concept of moral sense theory ⓘ |
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aesthetics
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ethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| movement | Enlightenment ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
aesthetic judgment
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relationship between virtue and happiness ⓘ role of sentiment in morality ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
British empiricism
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moral sense school ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British Enlightenment
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history of aesthetics ⓘ history of ethics ⓘ |
| topic |
human character
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manners ⓘ opinions ⓘ religion and morality ⓘ sociability ⓘ taste ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
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Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times is a collection of previously published treatises and essays
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