An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue

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an inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue natural law and enlightenment classics Knud Haakonssen General Editor uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu natural law and enlightenment classics An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue in Two Treatises revised edition Francis Hutcheson Edited and with an Introduction by Wolfgang Leidhold The Collected Works and Correspondence of Francis Hutcheson liberty fund Indianapolis This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as the design motif for our endpapers is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 b.c. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash. 䉷 2004, 2008 by Liberty Fund, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 p 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Frontispiece: Detail of a portrait of Francis Hutcheson by Allan Ramsay (ca. 1740–45), oil on canvas, reproduced courtesy of the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hutcheson, Francis, 1694–1746. 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. Rev. ed. p. cm.—(Natural law and enlightenment classics) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-86597-773-0 (hb: alk. paper)—isbn 978-0-86597-774-7 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Ethics, Modern—18th century. 2. Aesthetics—Early works to 1800. I. Leidhold, Wolfgang, 1950– II. Title. bj1005.h88 2008 171⬘.2—dc22 2008015089 liberty fund, inc. 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, Indiana 46250-1684 ...