Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury was an influential early 18th-century English philosopher and moralist whose writings on virtue, aesthetics, and the moral sense helped shape the development of Enlightenment thought.

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instanceOf British peer ⓘ
Earl ⓘ
aesthetic theorist ⓘ
human ⓘ
moral philosopher ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
birthDate 1671-02-26 ⓘ
birthPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
causeOfDeath tuberculosis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1713-02-15 ⓘ
deathPlace Naples ⓘ
describedBySource Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times is a collection of previously published treatises and essays ⓘ
educatedAt Winchester College ⓘ
familyName Ashley-Cooper ⓘ
father Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
fieldOfWork aesthetics ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
givenName Anthony ⓘ
grandfather Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
influenced Adam Smith ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Enlightenment moral philosophy ⓘ
Francis Hutcheson ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
influencedBy John Locke ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of England ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
mother Dorothy Manners ⓘ
movement British moral sense school ⓘ
Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
notableIdea aesthetic moralism ⓘ
moral sense theory ⓘ
virtue as harmony ⓘ
notableWork Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times ⓘ
occupation philosopher ⓘ
politician ⓘ
writer ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Poole ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Stockbridge ⓘ
publicationDate 1711 ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ

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A System of Moral Philosophy → influencedBy → Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy → influencedBy → Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue → influencedBy → Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
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Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times → author → Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
An Inquiry concerning Beauty, Order, Harmony, Design → influencedBy → Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
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