Abstract
Shaftesbury is famous for claiming that "Beauty and Good" are "one and the same." This claim is central to Shaftesbury's philosophy, and it exerted great influence on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European thought. At the same time, the claim has long been criticized as being ill-conceived, unclear, and confused. I explicate the meaning of Shaftesbury's claim and show that it is not susceptible to many of the long-standing criticisms that have been leveled at it. In its canonical form in The Moralists, the beauty-good claim is intelligible, and Shaftesbury has cogent reasons for advancing it.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 69-92 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Journal of the History of Philosophy |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2021 |
Keywords
- Beauty
- Shaftesbury
- The Moralists
- Virtue
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy