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Francis Hutcheson : selected philosophical writings /
Known today mainly as a teacher of Adam Smith (1723-90) and an influence on David Hume (1711-76), Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746) was a first-rate thinker whose work deserves study on its own merit. While his most important contribution to the history of ideas was likely his theory of an innate sense...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Exeter, England :
Imprint Academic,
2014.
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| Colección: | Library of Scottish philosophy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Series Editor's Note; Editor's Acknowledgements; Introduction; Body matter; 1. The Sense of Beauty; From Of Beauty, Order, Harmony, Design; Sect. I. Concerning some powers of perception, distinct from what is generally understood by sensation; Sect. II. Of original or absolute beauty; Sect. III. Of the beauty of theorems; Sect. V. Concerning our reasonings about design and wisdom in the cause from the beauty or regularity of effects; Sect. VI. Of the universality of the sense of beauty among men.
- Sect. VII. Of the power of custom, education, and example, as to our internal sensesSect. VIII. Of the importance of the internal senses in life, and the final causes of them; 2. The Nature of Laughter; From writings from the Dublin Journal; 'Reflections upon Laughter'; 'Remarks upon the Fable of the Bees'; 3. The Moral Sense; From An Inquiry Concerning Moral Good and Evil; Introduction; Sect. I. Of the moral sense by which we perceive virtue and vice, and approve or disapprove them in others; Sect. II. Concerning the immediate motive to virtuous actions.
- Sect. III. The sense of virtue, and the various opinions about it, reducible to one general foundation. The manner of computing the morality of actionsFrom Illustrations on the Moral Sense; How far a regard to the deity is necessary to make an action virtuous. 'What degrees of affection necessary to innocence'; From An Inquiry Concerning Moral Good and Evil; Sect. IV. All mankind agree in this general foundation of their approbation of moral actions. The grounds of the different opinions about morals.
- Sect. V.A farther confirmation, that we have practical dispositions to virtue implanted in our nature with a farther explication of our benevolent instincts of various kinds, with the additional motives of interest, viz. honour, shame, and pity. 'Love o; 4. The Passions & the Moral Life; From An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections; Sect. I.A general account of our several senses and desires, selfish or public; Sect. II. Of the affections and passions: the natural laws of pure affection: the confused sensations of the passions, with their final causes.
- Sect. IV. How far our several affections and passions are in our power, either to govern them when raised, or to prevent their arising: with some general observations about their objectsFrom A System of Moral Philosophy; Book I, Part II, Chapter VII. A comparison of the several sorts of enjoyment, and the opposite sorts of uneasiness, to find their importance to happiness; From An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections; Sect. VI. Some general conclusions concerning the best management of our desires. With some principles necessary to happiness.