Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury [ Philosophy / Art and Literature / Aristocracy ]
… Philosophy People > Art and Literature People > Aristocracy Keywords Affection Catholicism Cosmopolitanism Enlightenment Manners Politeness Whigs Wit Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713), fundamentally shaped the … in the texts that were published from 1698 to 1710 and then collected in the three volumes of Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711 and 1714). Having inherited the Earldom upon his father’s death in 1699, he became a … [2.124]) with the disciplinary practices of sociability. 5 Above all, this meant the practice of polite conversation and manners. Shaftesbury believed that the pleasure of such conversatio ns would strengthen our natural social affections …
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