Joseph Butler

Joseph Butler (18 May 1692 O.S. – 16 June 1752 O.S.) was an English Anglican bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher, born in Wantage in the English county of Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). His principal works are the ''Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel'' (1726) and ''The Analogy of Religion'' (1736).

He is known for critiques of Deism, Thomas Hobbes's egoism, and John Locke's theory of personal identity. The many philosophers and religious thinkers Butler influenced included David Hume, Thomas Reid, Adam Smith, Henry Sidgwick, John Henry Newman, and C. D. Broad, and is widely seen as "one of the pre-eminent English moralists." He played a major, if underestimated role in developing 18th-century economic discourse, influencing the Dean of Gloucester and political economist Josiah Tucker. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Butler, Joseph
Published 1785
printed for J. Walter, at the Logographic Press, and sold by J. Robson; John, Francis, and Charles Rivington; T. Longman; and W. Richardson
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by Butler, Joseph
Published 1771
printed for John Beecroft, at No. 23, in Pater-Noster-Row, and Robert Horsfield, at No. 22, in Ludgate-Street
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by Butler, Joseph
Published 1791
printed for J. F. and C. Rivington, No 62, St. Paul's Church Yard, G. and T. Wilkie, No 57, Paternoster-Row; and S. Hayes, Oxford-Street
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by Butler, Joseph
Published 1751
printed by I. Lane, and sold by J. Richardson, Bookseller, in Durham; Mess. Bryson and Charnley, at Newcastle; W. Innys, in Paternoster-Row, C. Bathurst, in Fleet-Street, J. Hodges, London-Bridge, and Samuel Baker, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, London
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by Butler, Joseph
Published 1788
printed for J.F. and C. Rivington, and G. and T. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and S. Hayes, Oxford-Street