Butler, Joseph - Sermons By The Right Reverend Father In God Joseph Butler DCL Late Lord Bishop Of Durham

Oxford University Press, 1826, a new edition. Full calf, G+. xxxvi+500pp ( lacking the last page of text ), Ex Libris George Curry DD with his armorial bookplate, edges of the leather rubbed, rather a strong tobacco ( pipe ) aroma, upper hinge strengthened with gummed craft paper. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Butler's 'Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel' ( 1726 ), along with 'Six Sermons on Public Occasions' (1749). An influential collection, held in high regards in the late 18th & early 19th centuries. Joseph Butler [ 1692 - 1752 ], English Anglican bishop and philosopher. The earlier sermons try to reconcile ethical egoism and benevolence, laying out a view of moral psychology which is explored in the later sermons within particular cases (e.g., self-deception, forgiveness, resentment). William Hazlitt wrote : 'the Sermons (with the Preface to them) are in a fine vein of deep, matured reflection, a candid appeal to our observation of human nature, without pedantry and without bias'.

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