An inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue : in two treatises / / Francis Hutcheson ; edited and with an introduction by Wolfgang Leidhold
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| Autore: |
Hutcheson Francis <1694-1746.>
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| Titolo: |
An inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue : in two treatises / / Francis Hutcheson ; edited and with an introduction by Wolfgang Leidhold
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| Pubblicazione: | Indianapolis, Ind., : Liberty Fund, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 171.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ethics, Modern - 18th century |
| Aesthetics | |
| Altri autori: |
LeidholdWolfgang <1950->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. xix-xxi) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Note on the texts -- An inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue -- Treatise I -- An inquiry concerning beauty, order, & c. -- Treatise II -- An inquiry concerning the original of our ideas of virtue or moral good. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Francis Hutcheson's first book, "An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, " was published in 1725, when its author was only thirty-one, and went through four editions during his lifetime. This seminal text of the Scottish Enlightenment is now available for the first time in a variorum edition based on the 1726 edition. The "Inquiry" was written as a critical response to the work of Bernard Mandeville and as a defense of the ideas of Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Shaftesbury. It consists of two treatises exploring our aesthetic and our moral abilities. Francis Hutcheson was a crucial link between the continental European natural law tradition and the emerging Scottish Enlightenment. Hence, he is a pivotal figure in the Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics series. A contemporary of Lord Kames and George Turnbull, an acquaintance of David Hume, and the teacher of Adam Smith, Hutcheson was arguably the leading figure in making Scotland distinctive within the general European Enlightenment. Wolfgang Leidhold is Professor of Political Science at the University of Cologne. Knud Haakonssen is Professor of Intellectual History and Director of the Centre for Intellectual History at the University of Sussex, England. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | An inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue |
| ISBN: | 1-61487-812-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910955614103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Natural Law Paper