Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Francis Hutcheson

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Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Francis Hutcheson LLD was an Ulster-Scot philosopher born in Ulster to a family of Scottish Presbyterians who became known as one of the founding fathers of the Scottish Enlightenment. He was Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow University and is remembered as author of A System of Moral Philosophy.

Irish - Philosopher | August 8, 1694 - August 8, 1746

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That action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers.

Francis Hutcheson

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.

Francis Hutcheson

That action is best which procures the greatest happiness.

Francis Hutcheson

Unalienable rights are essential limitations to all governments.

Francis Hutcheson

Many are really virtuous who cannot explain what virtue is . . . But the powers themselves in reality perform their several operations with sufficient constancy and uniformity in persons of good health whatever their opinions be about them . . .

Francis Hutcheson

The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency he has a right thus to act.

Francis Hutcheson

Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Francis Hutcheson

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