This essay claims that the institutions of British partisan politics in the age of Anne are an imaginative resource and quarry for metaphor in Shaftesbury's philosophical writings. In addition to their ideological divisions, Whigs and Tories formed separate social circles as well as hierarchies of political and cultural patronage, a world Shaftesbury was well acquainted with. The Earl's philosophical thought is deeply influenced by the partisan political climate of his time - in fact, he often represents partisan politics in a positive light.

For more information on the published version, visit Peter Lang's Website. https://www.peterlang.com/search?searchstring=Shaping+Enlightenment+Politics%3A+The+Political+and+Social+Impacts+of+the+First+and+Third+Earls+of+Shaftesbury

Sider Jost, Jacob. Party Politics inCharacteristicks.' InShaping Enlightenment Politics: The Social and Political Impact of the First and Third Earls of Shaftesbury", edited by Patrick Müller, 135-147. Berlin: Peter Lang, 2018.

Jacob Sider Jost is a professor of English at Dickinson College.