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Reason, grace, and sentiment : a study of the language of religion and ethics in England, 1660-1780 . Volume 2 Shaftesbury to Hume / / Isabel Rivers [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Rivers Isabel Visualizza persona
Titolo: Reason, grace, and sentiment : a study of the language of religion and ethics in England, 1660-1780 . Volume 2 Shaftesbury to Hume / / Isabel Rivers [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 386 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 209/.42/09032
Soggetto topico: Religious thought - England - 17th century
English language - Religious aspects - Christianity
Religious thought - England - 18th century
Christian ethics - England - History - 17th century
Christian ethics - England - History - 18th century
Soggetto geografico: England Church history 17th century
England Church history 18th century
England Intellectual life 17th century
England Intellectual life 18th century
England Languages
Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The true religion of nature: the freethinkers and their opponents; 2 Shaftesbury and the defence of natural affection; 3 Defining the moral faculty: Hutcheson, Butler, and Price; 4 The ethics of sentiment and the religious hypothesis: Hume and his critics; 5 The conflict of languages in the later eighteenth century; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: This volume completes Isabel Rivers' widely acclaimed exploration of the relationship between religion and ethics from the mid-seventeenth to the later eighteenth centuries. She investigates the effect of attempts to separate ethics from religion, and to locate the foundation of morals in the constitution of human nature. Focusing on moral philosophy and the educational institutions in which (or in spite of which) these ideas were developed, the book pays close attention to the movement of ideas through the British Isles, in particular the spread of Shaftesbury's thought from England to Ireland and Scotland, and the varied reception of Hume's scepticism north and south of the border. It also demonstrates the enormous influence of Shaftesbury's moral thought and the ultimate triumph of the English interpretation of Shaftesbury with the rise of Butler. Meticulously researched and accessibly written, this volume makes a vital contribution to our understanding of eighteenth-century thought.
Altri titoli varianti: Reason, Grace, & Sentiment
Titolo autorizzato: Reason, Grace, and Sentiment  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-107-11163-3
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Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783187903321
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Serie: Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; ; 37.