Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury [ Philosophy / Art and Literature / Aristocracy ]
… clearer: how to harmonize his cherished, albeit theoretical ideals with his practical calling as a Whig politician and public figure. At times drawing heavily on his notebooks, Shaftesbury spelled out, gradually developed, and ultimately … Communis 56 [1.57]). In the Preface to Whichcote’s sermons, those who ' exploded the Principle of Good-nature ' or ' Publick-spiritedness ' are said to have 'made War ( if I may say so ) even on Vertue it self ' (56). Such ethical … which is taken amongst Gentlemen and Friends ' ( Sensus Communis, 36 [1.48]), he also promoted cultural criticism in a public sphere (See Klein 1994, 198; and Müller 211) . As a character in The Moralists proclaims, philosophy should be …
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