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Online Library of Liberty The OLL is a curated collection of scholarly works that engage with vital questions of liberty.

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Explore the OLL Collection: Images of Liberty and Power Shaftesbury’s Illustrations

Anthony Ashley Cooper, more commonly known as the Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713), wrote one of the most influential books of the 18th century: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times. This work contains numerous images designed in detail by the Earl himself. There is an image for the work as ...

Explore the OLL Collection: Quotations About Liberty and Power Shaftesbury on the True Test of Bravery

Anthony Ashley Cooper, the Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713) was the grandson of a founder and leader of the English Whigs, and was tutored by John Locke. Shaftesbury wrote one of the most intellectually influential works in English of the eighteenth century, The Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times. Shaftesbury argued that human nature responds most fully to representations of...

Liberty Matters: A Forum for the Discussion of Ideas About Liberty The Roman Senate in Early Modern Europe (May 2023)

The rise and fall of the Roman republic continued to influence political thought for centuries after its demise. In this Liberty Matters, we invited a group of scholars, led by Paulina Kewes, to consider the influence of this history on the political thought and culture of early modern Europe. What did the rise and decline of this republican ancestor have to teach early moderns (and perhaps us ...