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- adjective Of,
pertaining to, orcharacteristic of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, of his writings, or of hisphilosophical doctrines.
Etymologies
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Shaftesbury + -an
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Examples
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When Reid enquires next after the perfections in virtue of which we ascribe beauty to material objects, his account takes a Shaftesburian turn.
18th Century British Aesthetics Shelley, James 2006
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In this aspect Moore is working along the lines laid down by Hill, but there is a significant difference, attributable perhaps to the weakening of orthodox theology and the spreading influence of the Shaftesburian school of ethical theorists.
The Gamester (1753) Edward Moore 1734
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