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Beauty and Taste in Francis Hutcheson's Philosophy

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the author wants to enlighten the concept of Taste and Beauty in the philosophy of Francis Hutcheson, who is considered one of the leading British philosophers. Hutcheson considered the concepts of inner, moral and aesthetic sense in a unique way. His philosphy was developed under the strong influence of his predecessors, primarily his teacher Lord Shaftesbury, but also under the influence of John Locke. He took the idea of aesthetic sense from Shaftesbury, and in terms of method he remained faithful to Lock. He began his aesthetic thought with consideration of feelings of pleasure and displeasure, and within aesthetic pleasures he distinguished internal senses (which we get from simple ideas) and external senses (which come to us from complex ideas). However, the concept of Beauty was reserved for internal senses, and thus Hutcheson distinguishes beauty from physical sensibility and connects it with subjective consciousness i.e. with internal, or aesthetic senses. Also, dealing with the concept of Beauty, Hutcheson inevitably considered both the art itself and the works of art in order to come to the very concept of Taste in this way. He believed that not everyone was invited to give an assessment to artistic works, but only the one who possessed “good eye” and “good ear”, in other words “good taste”. However, the standard of Taste is not the same for all those who judge the beauty of artistic works, and therefore we cannot possess universal taste, while the concept of Beauty is universal. Through this work the author will consider Hutcheson's moral teaching, where there will be talk about the moral sense and the features of benevolence which is non beneficial, and self-love and interest as well.

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