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Portrait of Hutcheson by Allan Ramsay, c. 1745

Francis Hutcheson (/ˈhʌtʃɪsən/; 8 August 1694 – 8 August 1746) was an Irish philosopher known as one of the founding fathers of the Scottish Enlightenment. Born in Ulster to a family of Scottish Presbyterians, he was Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow University and is remembered as author of A System of Moral Philosophy.

Hutcheson was an important influence on the works of several significant Enlightenment thinkers, including David Hume and Adam Smith.           

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