Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury [ Philosophy / Art and Literature / Aristocracy ]
… ‘sociability’ must remain incomplete without an understanding of his extended treatment of the term. People > Philosophy People > Art and Literature People > Aristocracy Keywords Affection Catholicism Cosmopolitanism Enlightenment … the concept of sociability for thinkers in both Great Britain and the Continent. The concept lay at the core of his philosophy of life and permeates his published writings. He understood sociability both as a natural human impulse and as … vital to illuminate the causes for his interest in the idea a s well as its significance within the wider scope of his philosophy, particularly his ethical and political thought. The first traces of the concept can be found in the young …
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