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Quotes from An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue — Francis Hutcheson

1694–1746 Northern Ireland

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That Action is best, which procures the greatest Happiness for the greatest Numbers; and that worst, which, in like manner, occasions Misery.

An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue (1725)

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best Ends by the best Means.

An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue (1725)

Whence this secret Chain between each Person and Mankind? How is my Interest connected with the most distant Parts of it?

An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue (1725)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Francis Hutcheson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.