Shaftesbury's Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times was published in 1711. It ranges widely over ethics, aesthetics, religion, the arts (painting, literature, architecture, gardening), and ancient and modern history, and aims at nothing less than a new ideal of the gentleman. Together with Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Addison and Steele's Spectator, it is a text of fundamental importance for understanding the thought and culture of Enlightenment Europe. This volume presents a new edition of the text together with an introduction, explanatory notes and a guide to further reading.
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Shaftesbury's Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times was published in 1711. It ranges widely over ethics, aesthetics, religion, the arts (painting, literature, architecture, gardening), and ancient and modern history, and aims at nothing less than a new ideal of the gentleman. Together with Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Addison's and Steele's Spectator, it is a text of fundamental importance for understanding the thought and culture of Enlightenment Europe. This volume presents a new edition of the text together with an introduction, explanatory notes and a guide to further reading.
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Beware! "Modernization" not an improvement,
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This review is from: Shaftesbury: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) (Paperback)
Much of the delight in Shaftesbury's writing lies in the counterpoint of style with substance. In this edition, his elegant 18th century English has been "translated" into 20th century American; not even the punctuation remains unchanged.
Shaftesbury's extensive quotations from Greek and Latin poetry are eliminated, replaced by prose English IN THE TEXT; why? Footnotes for translations would have been a more sensible concession to modern educational expectations. If you are an adult reading for your own pleasure, avoid this edition and search out an older one. This Cambridge "text" is suitable only for undergraduates who do not really wish to read the book in the first place.
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Now you are returned to....., and, before the season comes which must engage you in the weightier matters of state, if you care to be entertained a while with a sort of idle thoughts, such as pretend only to amusement and have no relation to business or affairs, you may cast your eye slightly on what you have before you. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
concerning enthusiasm, miscellaneous manner, ural affection, designing principle, self affections Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, The Art of Poetry, Holy Writ, Inquiry Concerning Virtue, Cambridge University Press, Enthusiasmus Triumphatus, Compilation of History, Diodorus Siculus, Marcus Aurelius, New York, Henry More, New Testament, Old Comedy, Ralph Cudworth, The Rehearsal, Bartholomew Fair, Duke of Buckingham, Grand Tour, Old England, Parallel Lives, Alexander the Great, Diogenes Laertius, Dion Cassius, George Villiers, Holy Scripture New!
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