 In addition to the already mentioned Avison, other English writers questioned the role of imitation in music (see Schueller 1948). Francis Hutcheson (1694–1746), in An Inquiry concerning Beauty, Order, Harmony, Design (1725), distinguishes between original and comparative beauty, the former being judged independently of any comparison, with the latter depending instead on imitation. According to Hutcheson, music is an example of original beauty, although its melodic element also allows for comparative beauty, in that it may resemble impassioned speech. In detecting this resemblance,