 The first of the major philosophers was Francis Hutcheson (1694–1746). His reputation rests chiefly on his earlier writings, especially An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue (London 1725), Reflections upon Laughter and Remarks on the Fable of the Bees (both in the Dublin Journal 1725–1726), and Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions with Illustrations on the Moral Sense (London 1728). His magnum opus, A System of Moral Philosophy, was published posthumously in Glasgow in 1755. During his period as a student at Glasgow University (c. 1711–1717) Gershom Carmichael taught moral philosophy and jurisprudence there and there are clear signs in Hutcheson’s writings of Carmichael’s influence though it is not known whether he studied under Carmichael during his student days. In 1730 he took up the moral philosophy chair left vacant on Carmichael’s death. Hutcheson is known principally for his ideas on moral philosophy and aesthetics. First moral philosophy.