Abstract
This paper explicates Shaftesbury’s idea that we ought to live our lives as though they are works of art. I show that this idea is central to many of Shaftesbury’s most important claims, and that an understanding of this idea enables us to answer some of the most contested questions in the scholarship on Characteristics.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1110-1131 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | British Journal for the History of Philosophy |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2 2018 |
Keywords
- Shaftesbury
- art
- self-improvement
- virtue
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy