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Sensus Communis: An Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour. In a Letter to a Friend
In this epistolary essay to an unnamed friend on the freedom of wit and humour, Shaftesbury seeks to defend 'true raillery' against the 'defensive raillery' of ages past.
120 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1709
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Anthony Ashley Cooper
222 books11 followersAnthony 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.
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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