Shaftesbury, Third Earl of (Anthony Ashley Cooper)(1671–1713)
Anthony Ashley Cooper (the Third Earl of Shaftesbury) was born in London in the home of his grandfather, the first earl, a prominen...
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The moral philosopher Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3d Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713), made his chief contributions in the fields of moral philosophy and esthetics.On Feb. 26, 1671, Anthony Ashley Cooper wa...
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The third earl of Shaftesbury was important in his own day for his stress on the ultimate importance of the emotions in moral behavior--indeed was assumed to have invented the concept of "moral sense,...
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The moral philosopher Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713), made his chief contributions in the fields of moral philosophy and esthetics. On February 26, 1671, Anthony Ashley C...
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