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In light of the fact that Francis Hutcheson was one of the most
influential philosophers of the Scottish Enlightenment, it is
remarkable that there has never been an edition of his
correspondence.
Hutcheson's epistolary offerings include letters published in
journals in England, Ireland, and the Netherlands. These letters
and occasional writings exhibit his polemical skills in
controversy, his differences with Presbyterian orthodoxy, his
preoccupation with religious and intellectual liberty, and his
loyalty and lasting affection for his friends.
These incidental writings provide valuable insight into Hutcheson's
more substantial treatises. His private correspondence and such
documents as his will and the declaration he made upon becoming a
professor at the University of Glasgow give the reader an
impression of Hutcheson's personality and his various life
experiences. The volume includes Hutcheson's letters to the "London
Journal" previewing his first philosophical work, "An Inquiry into
the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue," and his
philosophical critiques of Thomas Hobbes and Bernard Mandeville.
Hutcheson's private correspondence includes nineteen letters
written to the Reverend Thomas Drennan concerning Hutcheson's
frustrations with theological orthodoxy in Glasgow and academia in
Scotland, thirteen letters from his cousin William Bruce, the
famous letters from David Hume, and the letter that Hutcheson wrote
to his father in July 1726 on the subject of church government.
Francis Hutcheson was a crucial link between the continental
European natural law tradition and the emerging Scottish
Enlightenment. Hence, he is a pivotal figure in the Natural Law and
Enlightenment Classics series. A contemporary of Lord Kames and
George Turnbull, an acquaintance of David Hume, and the teacher of
Adam Smith, Hutcheson was arguably the leading figure in making
Scotland distinctive within the general European Enlightenment.
James Moore is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Concordia
University in Montreal.
M. A. Stewart is Honorary Research Professor in the History of
Philosophy at the Universities of Lancaster and Aberdeen.
Knud Haakonssen is Professor of Intellectual History and Director
of the Centre for Intellectual History at the University of Sussex,
England.
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