Part of: Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, 3 vols. Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, vol. 2
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury (author)
- Douglas Den Uyl (foreword)
The Liberty Fund edition of Characteristicks presents the complete 1732 text of this classic work of philosophy and political theory. Also included are faithful reproductions of the stirring engravings that Shaftesbury created to facilitate the reader’s consideration of his meditations on the interrelationships among truth, goodness, beauty, virtue, liberty, responsibility, society, and the state.