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Francis Hutcheson

1694 - 1746

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Francis Hutcheson LLD (; 8 August 1694 – 8 August 1746) was an Irish philosopher born in Ulster to a family of Scottish Presbyterians who became known as one of the founding fathers of the Scottish Enlightenment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Hutcheson has received more than 19,331 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Francis Hutcheson is the 370th most popular philosopher (up from 401st in 2019), the 700th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 803rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Philosopher.

Francis Hutcheson is most famous for his moral philosophy. He believed that moral values are innate and that humans are born with a sense of right and wrong. He also believed that humans are born with the ability to reason and that this is how we know what is right or wrong.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Francis Hutcheson ranks 370 out of 1,267. Before him are Alexandre Koyré, René Girard, Alexandre Kojève, Ban Zhao, John Searle, and Nasir Khusraw. After him are Jean Gerson, Gershom Scholem, Richard Avenarius, Nicephorus Gregoras, Leo Strauss, and Ágnes Heller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1694, Francis Hutcheson ranks 4. Before him are Voltaire, François Quesnay, and Yeongjo of Joseon. After him are Louis-Claude Daquin, Leonardo Leo, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Georg Brandt, Paul of the Cross, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Theodore of Corsica, and Henry Pelham. Among people deceased in 1746, Francis Hutcheson ranks 5. Before him are Philip V of Spain, Christian VI of Denmark, Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, and Colin Maclaurin. After him are Anna Leopoldovna, Georg Wilhelm Steller, Nicolas de Largillière, Domenico Alberti, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Hutcheson ranks 700 out of 8,785. Before him are Harry Kroto (1939), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Wheatstone (1802), James May (1963), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), and Peter Greenaway (1942). After him are David Brewster (1781), William Webb Ellis (1806), Julian Huxley (1887), Chris Rea (1951), Ann Radcliffe (1764), and John Surtees (1934).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Francis Hutcheson ranks 20. Before him are Pelagius (360), William Godwin (1756), G. E. Moore (1873), Thomas Carlyle (1795), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), and A. S. Neill (1883). After him are John of Salisbury (1110), J. L. Austin (1911), E. H. Carr (1892), Adam Ferguson (1723), H. L. A. Hart (1907), and Antony Flew (1923).

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