A philosophy of beauty : Shaftesbury on nature, virtue, and art /

At the turn of the eighteenth century, Anthony Ashley Cooper, the third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713) placed beauty at the center of his worldview. It revolutionized Western philosophy. Thinkers such as Hume, Leibniz, Voltaire, Goethe and Humboldt were all indebted to Shaftesbury's pioneering...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gill, Michael B. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2022].
Subjects:	Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, > Earl of, > 1671-1713 > Aesthetics. Aesthetics. Art > Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.

Table of Contents:

1. Nature and God
2. Virtue
3. Art
4. Painting
5. Writing
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index.