The Analogy of Religion to the Constitution and Course of Nature
To which are added two brief dissertations: I. On personal identity. II. On the nature of virtue.
Joseph Butler's Analogy of Religion, published in 1736, was for a century and a half the standard defense of Christianity against the deists. Butler does not claim certainty; he argues that the objections raised against religion apply equally to the natural world we accept without question, and that probability, not demonstration, is the guide of life. Part I treats natural religion, a future life, divine government by rewards and punishments, probation and the doctrine of necessity; Part II treats revelation, miracles, the mediator and the evidence for Christianity. Two short dissertations, on personal identity and on the nature of virtue, follow. Howard Malcom's edition adds an introduction, notes, a conspectus and a full index. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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