Joseph Butler: Five Sermons (Hackett Classics)

By Joseph Butler

Book Overview

CONTENTS:

Introduction
Selected Bibliography

Five Sermons:

The Preface
Sermon I - Upon Human Nature
Sermon II - Upon Human Nature
Sermon III - Upon Human Nature
Sermon IV - Upon The Love Of Our Neighbor
Sermon V - Upon The Love Of Our Neighbor

A dissertation upon the Nature of Virtue

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0915145618
• ISBN13: 9780915145614
• Release Date: October 1983
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Length: 79 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A real Leviathan sinker!

The most memorable lines from my first read of this smart work are from the second sermon, first page, quoted as follows: "A man can as little doubt whether his eyes were given him to see with, as he can doubt of the truth of the science of optics deduced from ocular experiments. And allowing the inward feeling, shame, a man can as little doubt whether it was given him to prevent his doing shameful actions, as he can doubt whether his eyes were given him to guide his steps. And as to these inward feelings themselves - that they are real..."