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  1. It's #FrancisHutchesonDay

    Francis Hutcheson, teacher in Dublin and lecturer in Glasgow University, "Father of the #ScottishEnlightenment " was born #OTD 1694 in Saintfield, Co. Down and died #OTD 1746 in Dublin.

    A post on the Dublin Hutcheson knew.

    irishphilosophy.com/2021/08/08

    #FrancisHutcheson #IrishPhilosophyOTD

  2. #WilliamRobertScott died 3rd April 1940 in Glasgow..

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

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

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

    irishphilosophy.com/2015/08/31

    #IrishPhilosophyOTD

  3. This @HistParl post unfairly maligning #Swords :) 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 #RobertMolesworth who created the essential definition of an Old Whig, translated #Francogallia and wrote "An Account of Denmark", both historically useful account and extended attack on #PassiveObedience and clerical control in politics. Also patron of #FrancisHutcheson & #JohnToland