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Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury [ Philosophy / Art and Literature / Aristocracy ] … sojourns to Holland (1698-99, 1703-1704), where Shaft esbury would consult the extensive library of the renowned Quaker merchant Benjamin Furly and converse with several intellectual heavyweights, among them Pierre Bayle and Pierre Coste. As … Affection | Catholicism | Cosmopolitanism | Enlightenment | Manners | Politeness | Whigs | Wit Encyclopedia