Bishop Butler, a Religious Philosopher for All Time

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Excerpt from Bishop Butler, a Religious Philosopher for All Time: A Sketch of His Life With an Examination of the "Analogy"Sermons on moral subjects and the Analogy, like the important works of other men of great intellectual superiority and profound thought, can not be correctly appreciated, or, indeed, truly comprehended, unless they are looked at and approached from the right point of View.For the purpose of rendering some assistance in gaining the proper point of view, as it seems to the author, this examination of the Analogy has been written. In order to arrive at this end, regard must be paid to the history of the period in Which the author lived, not in its theological aspect exclusively, but in reference to all its important characteristics.An attempt has therefore been made to show the position that the Analogy holds, in reference to the scientific as well as to the theological opinions of the age in which it was written. Bishop Butler's career was overlapped by that of Sir Isaac Newton. He be longed to the generation that immediately followed that of Newton. At the time of Newton's death, in I 727.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.