Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times
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Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times is an influential early 18th-century philosophical work by the Earl of Shaftesbury that explores morality, aesthetics, and human nature through a series of essays and dialogues.
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| Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times Context triple: [Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, notableWork, Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times]
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Representative Men
Representative Men is a collection of biographical essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores the character and influence of six great historical figures as models of human potential and leadership.
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Men of Our Times
Men of Our Times is a biographical work by Harriet Beecher Stowe that profiles prominent 19th-century figures and their moral and social influence.
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C.
Mores
Mores is a small town and comune in the Logudoro region of northern Sardinia, Italy, known for its rural landscape and traditional Sardinian culture.
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D.
Études de mœurs
Études de mœurs is a major section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together works depicting the manners, morals, and social behaviors of French society in the 19th century.
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E.
Sex and Temperament
Sex and Temperament is a landmark 1935 anthropological work by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and personality in three New Guinea societies to challenge Western assumptions about sex and gender.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times Target entity description: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times is an influential early 18th-century philosophical work by the Earl of Shaftesbury that explores morality, aesthetics, and human nature through a series of essays and dialogues.
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A.
Representative Men
Representative Men is a collection of biographical essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores the character and influence of six great historical figures as models of human potential and leadership.
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B.
Men of Our Times
Men of Our Times is a biographical work by Harriet Beecher Stowe that profiles prominent 19th-century figures and their moral and social influence.
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C.
Mores
Mores is a small town and comune in the Logudoro region of northern Sardinia, Italy, known for its rural landscape and traditional Sardinian culture.
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D.
Études de mœurs
Études de mœurs is a major section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together works depicting the manners, morals, and social behaviors of French society in the 19th century.
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E.
Sex and Temperament
Sex and Temperament is a landmark 1935 anthropological work by Margaret Mead that examines gender roles and personality in three New Guinea societies to challenge Western assumptions about sex and gender.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
essay collection
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moral philosophy text ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| author |
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
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Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ |
| containsConcept |
disinterestedness in aesthetics
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harmony between virtue and self-interest ⓘ moral sense ⓘ ridicule as a test of truth ⓘ sociable nature of humans ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1711 ⓘ |
| form | essays and dialogues ⓘ |
| genre |
aesthetics
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essay ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Characteristics ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early Enlightenment Britain ⓘ |
| influenced |
Adam Smith
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David Hume ⓘ Francis Hutcheson ⓘ Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ aesthetic theory in the 18th century ⓘ moral sense theory ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
dialogue
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essay ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | polished neoclassical prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aesthetics
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human nature ⓘ morality ⓘ sociability ⓘ taste ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| notableFor | systematic articulation of the moral sense theory ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
defense of innate moral sense
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link between beauty and virtue ⓘ opposition to Hobbesian egoism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
British moral philosophy
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early Enlightenment ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| reception |
highly influential in 18th-century moral philosophy
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widely read among Enlightenment thinkers ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield (as a contrasting style, not by same author) ⓘ |
| structure | series of interrelated treatises ⓘ |
| subjectOfStudy |
Enlightenment philosophy
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history of aesthetics ⓘ history of ethics ⓘ |
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Subject: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times Description of subject: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times is an influential early 18th-century philosophical work by the Earl of Shaftesbury that explores morality, aesthetics, and human nature through a series of essays and dialogues.
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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
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notableWork
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Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times
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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
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notableWork
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Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times
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subject linked to:
Shaftesbury family