A Philosophy of Beauty: Shaftesbury on Nature, Virtue, and Art

by Michael Gill

An engaging account of how Shaftesbury revolutionized Western philosophy

At 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069122661X
• ISBN13: 9780691226613
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"