Beauty and Virtue
an inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue
natural law and enlightenment classics
Knud Haakonssen
General Editor
Francis Hutcheson
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An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue in Two Treatises
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. 2004 Liberty Fund, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 08 07 06 05 04 c 08 07 06 05 04 p 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1
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. p. cm. — (The collected works of Francis Hutcheson) (Natural law and enlightenment classics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-86597-428-4 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-86597-429-2 (paper: alk. paper) 1. Ethics, Modern—18th century. 2. Aesthetics—Early works to 1800. I. Leidhold, Wolfgang, 1950– II. Title. III. Series. BJ1005.H88 2004 171 .2—dc22
natural law and enlightenment classics
Knud Haakonssen
General Editor
Francis Hutcheson
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu i i i i i i i i natural law and i i enlightenment classics 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 Francis Hutcheson i i i i i i i i Edited and with an Introduction by i i i i Wolfgang Leidhold i i i i The Collected Works and Correspondence i i of Francis Hutcheson i i i i i i i i i i i i liberty fund i i Indianapolis i i i i uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue in Two Treatises
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. 2004 Liberty Fund, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 08 07 06 05 04 c 08 07 06 05 04 p 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1
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. p. cm. — (The collected works of Francis Hutcheson) (Natural law and enlightenment classics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-86597-428-4 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-86597-429-2 (paper: alk. paper) 1. Ethics, Modern—18th century. 2. Aesthetics—Early works to 1800. I. Leidhold, Wolfgang, 1950– II. Title. III. Series. BJ1005.H88 2004 171 .2—dc22