The works of Joseph Butler

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The works of Joseph Butler

edited by W. E. Gladstone ; with a new introduction by R. G. Frey

Thoemmes, [c1995]

[facsim. ed.]

  • set
  • v. 1
  • v. 2
  • v. 3

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"This is a reprint, in three volumes, of the 1896 Edition"--t. p. verso

Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1896

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • v. 1. The analogy of religion natural and revealed : two brief dissertations
  • v. 2. Sermons
  • v. 3. Studies subsidiary to the works of Bishop Butler

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Description

These are the writings of Joseph Butler, Anglican bishop and moral philosopher (1692-1752). During the 19th century, interest in Butler grew and numerous editions of his works appeared, especially "The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed to the Course and Constitution of Nature" (1736). This interest culminated in Gladstone's three-volume Clarendon edition in 1896, in which all of Butler's writings were collected, to be followed in 1900 by Bernard's two-volume edition of the works. In addition to Butler's writings, Gladstone appended a third volume of his own "Studies Subsidiary to the Works of Bishop Butler", one part of which is about Butler's positive teachings and the other part of which is about Gladstone's apllication of those teachings to topics in the philosophy of religion.

Table of Contents

  • Volume 1: "The Analogy of Religion Natural and Revealed to the Constitution and Course of Nature", to which are added two brief dissertations - "Of Personal Identity" and "Of the Nature of Virtue
  • "A Correspondence with Dr Samuel Clarke". Volume 2 Sermons: preface - "Three Sermons on Human Nature"
  • "Twelve Further Sermons Preached at the Rolls"
  • Six Sermons Preached on Public Occasions"
  • "Charge to the Clergy of Durham With an Appendix". Volume 3: studies subsidiary to the works of Joseph Butler
  • an additional volume uniform with the works.

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