Francis Hutcheson Philosophical Writings: Essays on Ethics, Taste, Laughter, Politics, Economics

by Francis Hutcheson

Francis Hutcheson (1694-1745) has traditionally been celebrated for his moral philosophy, which greatly influenced David Hume and other thinkers of the Enlightenment. But he was also the founder of modern philosophical aesthetics, the source of many of Adam Smith's economic ideas (Smith was one of his students) and the major philosophical influence on eighteenth-century North America, especially on the abolitionist movement. For these reasons, British,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910900346
• ISBN13: 9781910900345
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: John Donald Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"