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Essay on the Nature & Conduct of the Passions & Affections with Illustrations on the Moral Sense (Paperback, New Ed)
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Essay on the Nature & Conduct of the Passions & Affections with Illustrations on the Moral Sense (Paperback, New Ed)
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Francis Hutcheson is considered by many scholars of philosophy to
be the father of the Scottish Enlightenment. He was influential in
defining the modern social, political, economic, and institutional
world. Despite his influence, he has been widely forgotten, until
now. This considerable volume in Hutcheson's vast work addresses
the nature of human nature. In the great tradition of Enlightenment
thinkers before and after him, Hutcheson is here engaged in a
process of defining terms on which social, political, and economic
liberty could be justified in light of centuries of rule by various
tyrants and monarchs. As editor Aaron Garrett notes, "In the Essay
Hutcheson provides his crucial argument against Hobbes and
Mandeville, that not just egoistic self preservation, but also
benevolence, is an essential feature of human nature." Professor
Garrett has constructed a critical variorum edition of this great
work. As there are no manuscripts of the work, this could be done
only by comparing all extant lifetime editions.
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