Band III,1: Correspondence. Letters 1–100 (December 1683–February 1700)
The first complete edition of the correspondence, these volumes provide all the letters from and to Shaftesbury, which today are mainly kept in British archives, in their original form or as a copy. Concise explanations shed light on the biographical and historical background. The letters enable the reader to gain new insight into the earl’s private life and political activities, and in addition shed new light on his relationships to other intellectuals of his time. Reading this correspondence will unquestionably provide Shaftesbury researchers with new inspiration in the coming years.
Reviews
»The editorial principles are sound, and the scholarship is thorough and exemplary. [...] The footnotes are extensive, even daunting. As the foregoing comparison with the Rand edition implies, a great quantity of Shaftesbury’s correspondence has never before been printed prior to its inclusion in the SE. Even for those letters which have been previously published, the SE should supersede all previous editions.«
»Ce premier volume, à tous égards une très grande réussite, est pour l’historien de la philosophie une sorte d’apéritif qui annonce les nourritures plus substantielles, sur le plan philosophique, de la période ultérieure.«
All volumes
- Band III,1: Correspondence. Letters 1–100 (December 1683–February 1700) – available
- Band III,2: Correspondence. Letters 101–191 (2 April 1700–22 August 1701) – available
- Band III,3: Correspondence. Letters 192–278 (23 August 1701–5 August 1703) – available
- Band III,4: Correspondence. Letters 279–335 (23 August 1703–29 December 1704) – First half of 2026
- Band III,5: Correspondence – in preparation