A Philosophy of Beauty
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An engaging account of how Shaftesbury revolutionized Western
philosophyAt the turn of the eighteenth century, Anthony Ashley
Cooper, the third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713), developed the
first comprehensive philosophy of beauty to be written in English.
It revolutionized Western philosophy. In A Philosophy of Beauty,
Michael Gill presents an engaging account of how Shaftesbury’s
thought profoundly shaped modern ideas of nature, religion,
morality, and art—and why, despite its long neglect, it remains
compelling today. Before Shaftesbury’s magnum opus,
Charactersticks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711), it was
common to see wilderness as ugly, to associate religion with fear
and morality with unpleasant restriction, and to dismiss art as
trivial or even corrupting. But Shaftesbury argued that nature,
religion, virtue, and art can all be truly beautiful, and that
cherishing and cultivating beauty is what makes life worth living.
And, as Gill shows, this view had a huge impact on the development
of natural religion, moral sense theory, aesthetics, and
environmentalism. Combining captivating historical details and
flashes of humor, A Philosophy of Beauty not only rediscovers and
illuminates a fascinating philosopher but also offers an inspiring
reflection about the role beauty can play in our lives.