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 is an influential 1725 philosophical treatise by Francis Hutcheson that develops a moral sense theory and explores the foundations of aesthetic and ethical judgment.

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instanceOf aesthetics book ⓘ
book ⓘ
ethics book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
author Francis Hutcheson ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 18th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
field aesthetics ⓘ
early modern philosophy ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
genre aesthetics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue ⓘ
hasPart An Inquiry concerning Beauty, Order, Harmony, Design ⓘ
An Inquiry concerning Moral Good and Evil ⓘ
historicalSignificance important precursor to Scottish Enlightenment moral philosophy ⓘ
key work in early modern moral sense theory ⓘ
influenced Adam Smith ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
influencedBy Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic aesthetic judgment ⓘ
ethical judgment ⓘ
moral psychology ⓘ
moral sense theory ⓘ
philosophicalClaim ideas of beauty arise from a sense responsive to order and harmony ⓘ
moral distinctions are founded on an internal moral sense ⓘ
virtue is closely connected with benevolence ⓘ
philosophicalTradition British empiricism ⓘ
British moral sense school ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publicationYear 1725 ⓘ
subjectOf aesthetic pleasure ⓘ
beauty ⓘ
benevolence ⓘ
disinterestedness in aesthetic judgment ⓘ
moral beauty ⓘ
moral sense ⓘ
natural beauty ⓘ
role of sentiment in morality ⓘ
virtue ⓘ

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Francis Hutcheson → notableWork → An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue ⓘ
An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue → hasAlternativeTitle → Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue ⓘ
linked to: An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue
An Inquiry concerning Beauty, Order, Harmony, Design → relatedWork → An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue ⓘ