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A Philosophy of Beauty

- Shaftesbury on Nature, Virtue, and Art
Af: Michael B. Gill Engelsk Hardback

A Philosophy of Beauty

- Shaftesbury on Nature, Virtue, and Art
Af: Michael B. Gill Engelsk Hardback
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An engaging account of how Shaftesbury revolutionized Western philosophyAt the turn of the eighteenth century, Anthony Ashley Cooper, the third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713), developed the first comprehensive philosophy of beauty to be written in English. It revolutionized Western philosophy. In A Philosophy of Beauty, Michael Gill presents an engaging account of how Shaftesbury’s thought profoundly shaped modern ideas of nature, religion, morality, and art—and why, despite its long neglect, it remains compelling today. Before Shaftesbury’s magnum opus, Charactersticks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711), it was common to see wilderness as ugly, to associate religion with fear and morality with unpleasant restriction, and to dismiss art as trivial or even corrupting. But Shaftesbury argued that nature, religion, virtue, and art can all be truly beautiful, and that cherishing and cultivating beauty is what makes life worth living. And, as Gill shows, this view had a huge impact on the development of natural religion, moral sense theory, aesthetics, and environmentalism. Combining captivating historical details and flashes of humor, A Philosophy of Beauty not only rediscovers and illuminates a fascinating philosopher but also offers an inspiring reflection about the role beauty can play in our lives.
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An engaging account of how Shaftesbury revolutionized Western philosophyAt the turn of the eighteenth century, Anthony Ashley Cooper, the third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713), developed the first comprehensive philosophy of beauty to be written in English. It revolutionized Western philosophy. In A Philosophy of Beauty, Michael Gill presents an engaging account of how Shaftesbury’s thought profoundly shaped modern ideas of nature, religion, morality, and art—and why, despite its long neglect, it remains compelling today. Before Shaftesbury’s magnum opus, Charactersticks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711), it was common to see wilderness as ugly, to associate religion with fear and morality with unpleasant restriction, and to dismiss art as trivial or even corrupting. But Shaftesbury argued that nature, religion, virtue, and art can all be truly beautiful, and that cherishing and cultivating beauty is what makes life worth living. And, as Gill shows, this view had a huge impact on the development of natural religion, moral sense theory, aesthetics, and environmentalism. Combining captivating historical details and flashes of humor, A Philosophy of Beauty not only rediscovers and illuminates a fascinating philosopher but also offers an inspiring reflection about the role beauty can play in our lives.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 248
ISBN-13: 9780691226613
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 069122661X
Kategori: Filosofi: æstetik
Udg. Dato: 1 nov 2022
Længde: 24mm
Bredde: 244mm
Højde: 165mm
Forlag: Princeton University Press
Oplagsdato: 1 nov 2022
Forfatter(e): Michael B. Gill
Forfatter(e) Michael B. Gill


Kategori Filosofi: æstetik


ISBN-13 9780691226613


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 248


Udgave


Længde 24mm


Bredde 244mm


Højde 165mm


Udg. Dato 1 nov 2022


Oplagsdato 1 nov 2022


Forlag Princeton University Press

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