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The third Earl of Shaftesbury and the socialisation of philosophy

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TLets525005

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The third Earl of Shaftesbury and the socialisation of philosophy

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Robinson, P.

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University of Edinburgh

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1978

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Ph.D.

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University of Edinburgh

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1978

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Thin theoio is concornod frith : hafteobuj (1671-1713), andfrith tho fotion exid contont of hie major publichad work,Cht wt, -, rtnttc%n of iT? on, Mrnrorn, t , inionst T. ncn (1711).+ýr . rýr. ýrrrr ýrIt illuatratoo a ciCnific^nt theme in Shaftoaburj'a t: orIc.Tho overall poropectivo that to procented trt: en tho form oft domonotration of the natura of tho intellectual cntorpriaoupon which Shaftooburv t; ao onCaCo:d in t.'r itirj the Chnrr'.c terintie; ':.Aa cocentiai bacl -, rou to thin tho cooial card intellectualcontort in tfhicli Shaftoctr rv dovoloped hie viouc iodeocribed. The Cýharnctexiot ct, n is then to be coon as Shaftoc-.burj'a croativo reoponcö to the raciai and intellectual forcestvhich acted upon hin; hie public reoponco and af fiz ationg,an dictinot fror hie private pero cion.After .n intro; tuctorj bioer pi ical outlinot attention toiron to hnftoobury'o oar1; r phi1osophicaL-davolopment czadpolitical nsr;: ronoca. Shaftcob'irj to coon an having boon unozcjwith contemporary philooorhicnl activitjt particularly moralphilocophyp and cllco vith the practice and princiDleo fountin tho contemporary political vorlcl. ACainot thin bacnround,haftoo'bur7lo ctu. ica In fom^n Stoicicx aro coon to hwvoprovided an intellectually c ticfyiat philocoph7.Thereafter tho thcoio to concorncd to doionctrntc howS2 : fteobury attempted to ro-locate intolliCont diccuc cion of phil6cophic¬s1 quecrtiona tong hire conteoporarida. He didthis by criticizing viewo and prutiooo then provalont; andby offerinC both a philosophical practice and a philocophica7,'ayato&t. The uholo of thin activity has been called the cocialicationof philosophy, 'hies approach aaaarto the importanceof social implication, iii, addition, to technical refinementpin 3haftcabury'a philocophy

Robinson, P.

University of Edinburgh

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