An Inquiry Into The Original Of Our Ideas Of Beauty And Virtue

The Rev. Francis Hutcheson (8 August 1694 - 8 August 1746) was an Irish philosopher born in Ulster to a family of Scottish Presbyterians who became known as founding fathers of the Scottish Enlightenment. Hutcheson took ideas from John Locke, and he was an important influence on the works of several significant Enlightenment thinkers, including David Hume and Adam Smith. Hutcheson's moral theory was influenced most by Lord Shaftesbury, while his aesthetics were in many ways influenced by and a response to John Locke's primary and secondary qualities. Those who read and were influenced by Hutcheson's theories included David Hume and Adam Smith, his student at Glasgow, while Thomas Reid and Immanuel Kant both cited Hutcheson in their writings