An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, With Illustrations on the Moral Sense vs Self-knowledge: Which Should You Read?

Cover of An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, With Illustrations on the Moral Sense An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, With Illustrations on the Moral Sense Francis Hutcheson · 1728 339 pages · ≈ 6 h 17 m · Demanding

"Francis Hutcheson is one of the central figures in eighteenth-century moral philosophy. Read widely in Britain, France, Germany, and America, he influenced philosophers ranging from his student Adam Smith to Kant.…

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Cover of Self-knowledge Self-knowledge John Mason · 1745 ★★★★☆ 3.8 236 pages · ≈ 4 h 22 m · Demanding

published 1813. covered in brown (leather or paper?) Hardbound, abt 51/2 by 31/2" written in old fashioned type; f's look like s's

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An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, With Illustrations on the Moral SenseSelf-knowledge
Ratings — 5
Editions 21 96
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention — 41
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