{"product_id":"9781614871934","title":"An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue","description":"Francis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInquiry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancis Hutcheson\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWolfgang Leidhold\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Science at the University of Cologne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnud Haakonssen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Intellectual History and Director of the Centre for Intellectual History at the University of Sussex, England.","brand":"Liberty Fund, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161523896560,"sku":"9781614871934","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781614871934_p0.jpg?v=1763848408","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781614871934","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}