Publisher's Synopsis
The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature is a philosophical work written by Joseph Butler. The book explores the relationship between religion and nature, arguing that they are analogous, or similar in structure and function. Butler contends that just as the natural world is governed by laws and principles, so too is religion guided by its own set of rules and beliefs. The book also explores the relationship between reason and faith, arguing that they are complementary rather than opposed. Butler draws on a range of sources, including the Bible, classical philosophy, and contemporary science, to support his arguments. The Analogy of Religion is considered a landmark work in the history of religious thought and continues to be studied and debated by scholars and theologians today.1736. If the reader should meet here with anything which he had not before attended to, it will not be in the observations upon the constitution and course of nature, these being all obvious; but in the application of them, in which, though there is nothing but what appears to Mr. Butler of some real weight, and therefore of great importance. Yet the reader will observe several things, which will appear to him of very little, if he can think things to be of little importance, which are of any real weight at all, upon such a subject as religion. The proper force of the following treatise lies in the whole general analogy considered together. Added are two brief dissertations of personal identity, and of the nature of virtue. Written in Old English.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
