Reason, Grace, and Sentiment: Volume 2, Shaftesbury to Hume: A Study of the ... - Isabel Rivers - Google Books Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More » Sign in Books My library Help Advanced Book Search Buy eBook - $31.08 Get this book in print Cambridge University Press Amazon.ca Chapters.indigo.ca Find in a library All sellers » Reason, Grace, and Sentiment: Volume 2, Shaftesbury to Hume: A Study of the Language of Religion and Ethics in England, 1660–1780 Isabel Rivers Cambridge University Press, Mar 9, 2000 - Literary Criticism 0 Reviews 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 the effect of attempts to separate ethics from religion, and to locate the foundation of morals in the constitution of human nature. Focusing on moral philosophy and the educational institutions in which (or in spite of which) these ideas were developed, the book pays close attention to the movement of ideas through the British Isles, in particular the spread of Shaftesbury's thought from England to Ireland and Scotland, and the varied reception of Hume's scepticism north and south of the border. It also demonstrates the enormous influence of Shaftesbury's moral thought and the ultimate triumph of the English interpretation of Shaftesbury with the rise of Butler. Meticulously researched and accessibly written, this volume makes a vital contribution to our understanding of eighteenth-century thought.   Preview this book » What people are saying - Write a review We haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Selected pages Title Page Table of Contents Index References Contents Introduction 1 the freethinkers and their opponents 7 2 Shaftesbury and the defence of natural affection 85 Hutcheson Butler and Price 153 Hume and his critics 238 5 The conflict of languages in the later eighteenth century 330 Bibliography 357 Index 377 Copyright Common terms and phrases actions affections ancient appears argues argument attack attempt attributes authority beauty belief benevolence Book Butler called cause Chapter character Characteristicks Christianity Church Cicero Clarke Collins common concerning conscience considered constitution criticism Dialogues dissenting divine doctrine duty edition English Enquiry Essay established ethics expressed faculty foundation freethinkers give happiness History human nature Hume Hume's Hutcheson ideas important in¯uence included instinct interest kind Letters Locke Locke's manner means method mind Moral Philosophy moral sense Moralists natural religion object obligation opinion original particular passage passions political position practice Preface principles published question quoted Re¯ections readers reason references regard relation religious revealed scepticism second Enquiry seems sentiment Shaftesbury Smith society Soliloquy superstition theory things thought Toland tradition Treatise true truth understanding universal virtue volume whole writers Bibliographic information Title Reason, Grace, and Sentiment: Volume 2, Shaftesbury to Hume: A Study of the Language of Religion and Ethics in England, 1660–1780 Volume 37 of Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought Author Isabel Rivers Publisher Cambridge University Press, 2000 ISBN 1139425005, 9781139425001 Subjects Literary Criticism  › European  › English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Renaissance     Export Citation BiBTeX EndNote RefMan About Google Books - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Information for Publishers - Report an issue - Help - Google Home