{"product_id":"9780865977747","title":"Inquiry into the original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue: Revised Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrancis Hutcheson’s first book, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, was published in 1725, when its author was only thirty-one, and went through four editions during his lifetime. This seminal text of the Scottish Enlightenment is now available for the first time in a variorum edition based on the 1726 edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Inquiry was written as a critical response to the work of Bernard Mandeville and as a defense of the ideas of Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Shaftesbury. It consists of two treatises exploring our aesthetic and our moral abilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancis Hutcheson\u003c\/b\u003e (1694–1746) was educated at the University of Glasgow, where he assumed the chair of moral philosophy in 1729.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWolfgang Leidhold\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Science at the University of Cologne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022295122160,"sku":"9780865977747","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780865977747_p0.jpg?v=1763838625","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780865977747","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}