Band I,2: Miscellaneous Reflections / Vermischte Betrachtungen
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Miscellaneous Reflections / Vermischte Betrachtungen
Shaftesbury’s ›Miscellaneous Reflections‹ is by no means a melange of thoughts on randomly picked subjects: it stands in a sense as Shaftesbury’s running commentary on the five other treatises assembled to form his ›Characteristicks‹. In the guise of a detached critic, he picks up and expands on various of his central themes, discussing also, at times in satirical mode, his own role as an author. Readers approaching ›Characteristicks‹ as a coherent, structured whole are provided in this text with a wealth of significant material.
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All volumes
- Band I,1: Soliloquy u.a. – available
- Band I,2: Miscellaneous Reflections / Vermischte Betrachtungen – available
- Band I,3: Sensus Communis: An Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour u.a. – available
- Band I,4: Printed Notes to the ›Characteristicks‹ u.a. – available
- Band I,5: Second Characters u.a. – available