Reason, Grace, and Sentiment: Volume 2, Shaftesbury to Hume: A Study of the Language of Religion and Ethics in England, 1660–1780 (Cambridge Studies ... Literature and Thought, Series Number 37) - Softcover

Rivers, Isabel

 
9780521021357: Reason, Grace, and Sentiment: Volume 2, Shaftesbury to Hume: A Study of the Language of Religion and Ethics in England, 1660–1780 (Cambridge Studies ... Literature and Thought, Series Number 37)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521021359 ISBN 13: 9780521021357
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

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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Review

"Rivers does an exceptional job.... this richly detailed book makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the moral philosophy and religious thought of the period." Virginia Quarterly Review

"[Rivers] has developed a refreshingly individualistic approach to the study of the language of religion and ethics." Anglican and Episcopal History

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521021359
ISBN 13 
9780521021357
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
404