Author : Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331427650
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, Etc, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) by : Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury
Download or read book Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, Etc, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, Etc, Vol. 2 of 2 Of controversial writings: answers: replies - Polemic divinity, or the writing Church militant - Philosophers, and bear garden - Authors paired and matched - The matchmakers - Football - A dialogue between our author and his bookseller; Of the letter concerning Enthusiasm - Foreign critics - Of letters in general, and of the epistolary style - Addresses to great men - Authors and horsemanship - The modern amble - Further explanation of the miscellaneous manner; Miscellany II; Review of Enthusiasm - Its defence, praise - Use in business as well as pleasure - Operation by fear. Love - Modifications of enthusiasm; magnanimity; heroic virtue; honour; public zeal; religion; superstition; persecution; martyrdom - Energy of the ecstatic devotion in the tender sex Account of ancient priesthood - Religious war - Reference to a succeeding chapter; Judgment of divines and grave authors concerning Enthusiasm - Reflections upon scepticism - A sceptic Christian - Judgment of the inspired concerning their own inspirations - Knowledge and belief - History of religion resumed - Zeal offensive and defensive - A Church in danger - Persecution - Policy of the Church of Rome About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
