The Analogy of Religion: Natural and Revealed to the Constitution and Course of Nature

by Joseph Butler

Publisher:

Clarendon Press

, 1897

Overview

This book contains Butler’s famous work, The Analogy of Religion: Natural and Revealed to the Constitution and Course of Nature. Butler discusses his evidence for Christianity, as well as the concept of humanity in relation to the world and God’s government. Each chapter is a defense or a counterpoint given to commend Christianity to the world of philosophy and logic. Also included in this text are Butler’s dissertations entitled “Of Personal Identity” and “Of the Nature of Virtue,”as well as a correspondence with his adversary Dr. Clarke and an index.

Praise for the Print Edition

The design of the Bishop in this work . . . may justly be styled one of the noblest offsprings of the human mind . . .

—Baptist Magazine and Literary Review

. . . the most profound and unanswerable dissertation on natural and revealed religion, in human language.

—The Merchant’s Magazine and Commercial Review

I have derived greater aid from the views and reasonings of Bishop Butler, than I have been able to find besides in the whole range of our extant authorship.

—Dr. Thomas Chalmers, minister, professor of theology, economist, and a leader of the Church of Scotland

The most original and profound work extant in any language on the philosophy of religion.

—Sir James Mackintosh, Scottish jurist, politician, historian, judge, professor and politician

The most argumentative and philosophical defense of Christianity ever submitted to the world.

—Lord Henry Brougham, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain and founder of the Edinburgh Review

Product Details

• Title: The Analogy of Religion: Natural and Revealed to the Constitution and Course of Nature
• Author: Joseph Butler
• Series: The Works of Joseph Butler
• Volume: Vol. I
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Print Publication Date: 1897
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 379
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Analogy (Religion) › Early works to 1800; Natural theology › Early works to 1800; Religion
• Resource ID: LLS:WRKSJSPHBUTLER01
• Resource Type: text.monograph.collected-work
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:45:56Z

About Joseph Butler

Joseph Butler (18 May 1692 O.S. – 16 June 1752) was an English bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher. He was born in Wantage in the English county of Berkshire. He is known, among other things, for his critique of Thomas Hobbes’s egoism and John Locke’s theory of personal identity. During his life and after his death, Butler influenced many philosophers, including David Hume, Thomas Reid, and Adam Smith.