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☔ The drumming rain reminds me of this blog post.

Hutcheson's use of the Jonathan Swift poem "City Shower" in his anonymous work on laughter, and the textual hints that Swift read the Hutcheson text: irishphilosophy.com/2014/12/03

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died 3rd April 1940 in Glasgow..

Born in Omagh Co. Tyrone into a milling family, he studied in .

While there he wrote "A simple history of ancient philosophy" aimed at the general reader, and the only extant full biography of , coining the term "Scottish Enlightenment" and crediting Hutcheson as its father.

Moving to (as Hutcheson had before him) he became an expert in & economics.

irishphilosophy.com/2015/08/31

#williamrobertscott #TCD #FrancisHutcheson #glasgowuni #adamsmith #IrishPhilosophyOTD

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William Robert Scott died 3rd April 1940 in Glasgow..

Born in Omagh Co. Tyrone into a milling family, he studied in .

While there he wrote "A simple history of ancient philosophy" aimed at the general reader, and the only extant full biography of , coining the term "Scottish Enlightenment" and crediting Hutcheson as its father.

Moving to (as Hutcheson had before him) he became an expert in & economics.

irishphilosophy.com/2015/08/31

#TCD #FrancisHutcheson #glasgowuni #adamsmith #IrishPhilosophyOTD

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#hashtags #IrishEnlightenment #irishfranciscans #irishcolleges #irishphilosophy #IrishPhilosophyOTD #TCD #dib #berkeley #condrury #dorothymoore #flann #flannobrien #FrancisHutcheson #francismartin #georgeboole #georgeberkeley #jamesussher #johntoland #jonathanswift #kant #kantian #kingsmillabbott #ladyranelagh #locke #LukeWadding #robertboyle #WolfeTone

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14 Feb: Thomas Drennan, minister, teacher and father of William Drennan, died on this day in 1768.

His bio in is in his son's. dib.ie/biography/drennan-willi

William Drennan described him thus: "an honest man, a minister of that gospel which breathes peace and good will among men; [...] his character of mild and tender benevolence is still remembered by many" irishphilosophy.com/2015/02/14

He was a close friend of, and taught with, .
irishphilosophy.com/2016/12/25

#dib #FrancisHutcheson #IrishPhilosophyOTD

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The Linen Hall, Belfast - Francis Hutcheson and Contemporary Ireland - The Linen Hall, Belfast

RT @thelinenhall@twitter.com

Join Philip Orr, author of ‘The Secret Chain: Francis Hutcheson and Contemporary Ireland’, for a talk on , moralism, and the . More & book
linenhall.com/event/francis-hu

, 13th January, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Via twitter.com/thelinenhall/statu

#FrancisHutcheson #scottishenlightenment #linenhall

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RT @thelinenhall@twitter.com

Join Philip Orr, author of ‘The Secret Chain: Francis Hutcheson and Contemporary Ireland’, for a talk on , moralism, and the . More & book
linenhall.com/event/francis-hu

Linen Hall, 13th January, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Via twitter.com/thelinenhall/statu

#FrancisHutcheson #scottishenlightenment

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This @HistParl post unfairly maligning :) mas.to/@HistParl/1096644087225 mentions the Molesworth family who controlled at least one seat in the borough for much of the 18th century.

The featured image is of who created the essential definition of an Old Whig, translated and wrote "An Account of Denmark", both historically useful account and extended attack on and clerical control in politics. Also patron of &

#swords #RobertMolesworth #francogallia #passiveobedience #FrancisHutcheson #johntoland

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On 's birthday, a post about who chose Cicero’s "De finibus bonorum et malorum" (“On the ends of good and evil”) to hold in the famous portrait by Allan Ramsey (painted late in his life, see below), suggesting some regard for the author.

It also reflects Hutcheson's attitude to . Cicero’s "De finibus" both expounds Stoicism and criticises it.

Francis Hutcheson, the Ulster Stoic:
irishphilosophy.com/2017/08/08

Image: commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/F

#cicero #FrancisHutcheson #stoicism #IrishPhilosophyOTD

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25 Dec: Thomas Drennan was born in Belfast 1696. His son, , said of him: "He was the friend and associate of good, I may say, great men; of Abernethy, of Bruce, of Duchal, and of Hucheson; and his character of mild and tender benevolence is still remembered by many in the North of Ireland, and by not a few in this city."

He assisted in the Dublin school of and was a non-subscribing Presbyterian minister.
irishphilosophy.com/2016/12/25

#otd #williamdrennan #FrancisHutcheson #IrishPhilosophyOTD

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Darwin's On the Origin of Species was published 1859.

's theory of is the foundation of modern biology. This post outlines two inspirations for Darwin's ingenious idea, both of which coincidentally have links to .

irishphilosophy.com/2015/02/12

#otd #darwin #naturalselection #FrancisHutcheson #IrishPhilosophyOTD

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Irish Philosophy - In the footsteps of Francis Hutcheson

Heading into Dublin and will coincidently be in some of the places mentioned in this post on Francis Hutcheson's Dublin:

irishphilosophy.com/2021/08/08

More philosophical for is this on the influence of Stoicism on Hutcheson irishphilosophy.com/2017/08/08


#worldphilosophyday2022 #irishphilosophy #worldphilosophyday #FrancisHutcheson

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Heading into Dublin and will coincidently be in some of the places mentioned in this post on Francis Hutcheson's Dublin:

irishphilosophy.com/2021/08/08

More philosophical for is this on the influence of Stoicism on Hutcheson irishphilosophy.com/2017/08/08

#worldphilosophyday2022 #irishphilosophy #worldphilosophyday #FrancisHutcheson

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Just realised a tag would have been appropriate on that post. Live and learn!

#ScottishPhilosophy #FrancisHutcheson

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Irish Philosophy - Francis Hutcheson: the Ulster Stoic

wrote in the introduction to his translation of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations that the Meditations inspired “a constant inflexible charity, and good-will and compassion toward our fellows.”

Though Hutcheson had philosophical differences with , they were still an important influence on his work, esp. on .

Francis Hutcheson: the Ulster Stoic
irishphilosophy.com/2017/08/08

#FrancisHutcheson #stoicism #virtue #philosophy #irishphilosophy

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