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English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)
Also known as: Joseph Priestly, Джозеф Пристли, جوزيف بريستلي, 조지프 프리스틀리, ジョゼフ・プリーストリー, 约瑟夫·普利斯特里
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- An appeal to the serious and candid professor of Christianity (1812)
- A familiar illustration of certain passages of scripture relating to the power of man to do the will of God, original sin, election and reprobation, the divinity of Christ, and atonement for sin by the death of Christ (1812)
- A course of lectures on oratory and criticism, 1777
- An examination of Dr. Reid's Inquiry into the human mind, on the principles of common sense, Dr. Beattie's Essay on the nature and immutability of truth, and Dr. Oswald's Appeal to common sense in behalf of religion
- Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Dr. Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England relating to the dissenters