Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury [ Philosophy / Art and Literature / Aristocracy ]
… 5308, circa 1700-1701. Résumé Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713), is unarguably among those authors who contributed most fundamentally to defining the concept of ‘sociability’ for thinkers in both Great Britain … church and court even extends to his own writing style. Shaftesbury came to reject the style of his early Inquiry as authored by 'a plain Dogmatist , a Formalist , and Man of Method ' ( Miscellaneous Reflections, 166 [3.84]), w hich led … The Fable of the Bees (1714) … Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713), is unarguably among those authors who contributed most fundamentally to defining the concept of ‘sociability’ for thinkers in both Great Britain …
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