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English bishop and philosopher (1692–1752)
Also known as: A Gentleman in Gloucestershire, Джозеф Батлер, جوزيف باتلر, 조셉 버틀러, ジョセフ・バトラー, 喬瑟夫·巴特勒
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Francis Hutcheson1694–1746ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetMoral sense theory and inquiry into benevolence and virtue parallel Butler's sermons on human nature. (AI reason)
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury1671–1713ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetEarly eighteenth-century moral philosophy on natural affection and virtue that Butler engages directly. (AI reason)
Samuel Clarke1675–1729ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetRational theology and natural religion arguments in a similar Anglican philosophical idiom. (AI reason)
David Hume1711–1776ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetContemporary treatment of morals, passions and natural religion, often read in dialogue with Butler. (AI reason)
William Paley1743–1805ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetAnglican apologetics and moral philosophy arguing from evidence and probability. (AI reason)
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George Monck Berkeley1763–1793ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetAnglican bishop-philosopher combining metaphysics with defense of Christianity against freethinkers. (AI reason)
Thomas Reid1710–1796ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetCommon-sense philosophy of active powers and moral agency close to Butler's account of conscience. (AI reason)
Adam Smith1723–1790ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetTheory of moral sentiments examining self-love, sympathy and conscience. (AI reason)
John Locke1632–1704ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetReasonableness of Christianity and personal identity themes that Butler's dissertations address. (AI reason)
Richard Price1723–1791ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetRationalist ethics on right and duty building on Butler's moral psychology. (AI reason)
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- The analogy of religion
- Five sermons preached at the Rolls Chapel ; and A dissertation upon the nature of virtue
- Fifteen sermons preached at the Rolls Chapel
- The Christian library
- The analogy of religion, natural and revealed, to the constitution and course of nature