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Anthony Ashley Cooper

Born

in London, England

February 26, 1671

Died

February 04, 1713

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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury was an English politician, philosopher and writer.

He was born at Exeter House in London, the son of the future Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury and his wife Lady Dorothy Manners, daughter of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland. At the age of three he was made over to the formal guardianship of his grandfather Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. John Locke, as medical attendant to the Ashley household, was entrusted with the supervision of his education.

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	Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times by Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lawrence E. Klein (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1711 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lettere Sull'Entusiasmo 3.04 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1671 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Characteristics Vol 2: Containing, An Inquiry Concerning Virtue And Merit; The Moralists, A Philosophical Rhapsody 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1711 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carta sobre el entusiasmo & «Sensus communis». Ensayo sobre la libertad de ingenio y el humor by Anthony Ashley Cooper, Eduardo Gil Bera (Translator) 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1708	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shaftesburys Second Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lettera sull'entusiasmo (UTET Extra Vol. 3) (Italian Edition) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An inquiry concerning virtue, or merit liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1699 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soliloquy: Or, Advice to an Author liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Printed Notes to the Characteristicks U.A. (Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley Cooper): Standard Edition I. Wor) by Anthony Ashley Cooper, Wolfram Benda (Editor), Christine Jackson-Holzberg (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, Etc, Vol. 1 of 2 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Those who are ignorant of history and the evolution of taste are apt at every turn to make the present age their standard, and imagine nothing so barbarous or savage but what is contrary to the manners of their own time.”
― Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury

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“Tis the hardest thing in the world to be a good Thinker, without being a strong Self-Examiner.”
― Anthony Ashley Cooper III, Soliloquy: Or, Advice to an Author

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“I am persuaded that to be a Virtuoso (so far as befits a Gentleman) is a higher step towards the becoming a Man of Virtue and good Sense, than the being what in this Age we call a Scholar.”
― Anthony Ashley Cooper (3rd earl of Shaftesbury.), Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times [by A.A. Cooper]. With the addition of a letter concerning design

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