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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

By Isabel Rivers

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
0521383412, 9780521383417
LCC
BR756 .R58 1990
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2463622 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies. English Literature and Thought
Pages
404\405
Topic
Religion
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

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 what happened when attempts were made to separate ethics from religion, and to locate the foundation of morals in the constitution of human nature. Her book pays close attention to the movement of ideas through the British Isles, and demonstrates the enormous influence of Shaftesbury's moral thought. Meticulously researched and accessibly written, this study makes a vital contribution to our understanding of eighteenth-century thought.

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