Abu Nuwas
Abu Nuwas , c.750-c.810, Arab poet, b. Ahvaz, Persia. He spent most of his life in Baghdad. High in favor with the caliphs Harun ar-Rashid and Amin, he lived a courtier's life; his exquisite lyric poetry celebrated wine and the extravagance of this life.
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Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury, 3d earl of
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury, 3d earl of 1671-1713, English philosopher...grandfather, was in charge of Shaftesbury's education, which was largely...accession to his title in 1699. Shaftesbury's chief contributions were in...
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3d Earl of Shaftesbury
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
3d Earl of Shaftesbury The moral philosopher Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3d Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713), made his chief contributions in the fields of moral philosophy and esthetics. On Feb. 26, 1671, Anthony Ashley Cooper was born in London...
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Joseph Butler
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...insisted on the complexity of human nature against one-sided accounts by Thomas Hobbes and Anthony Ashley Cooper (see Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3d earl of ). In his natural theology he attempted to show that revealed religion was no less...
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John Locke
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...In 1666, Locke met Anthony Ashley Cooper, the future 1st earl of Shaftesbury, and soon became his...most of them through Shaftesbury. In 1675, after Shaftesbury had lost his offices...1957) and R. Aaron (3d ed. 1971); R. S...
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