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Joseph Butler the moral philosopher is in that long line of eighteenth-century thinkers who sought to answer Thomas Hobbes on human nature and moral motivation. Following the Third Earl of Shaftesbury, he rejects any purely egoistic conception of these. Instead, he analyses human nature into parts, of which he notices in detail appetites ...
Joseph Butler nasce nella contea inglese del Berkshire, a Wantage, nel 1692. Vescovo di Durham e cappellano nella casa reale, nel 1726 pubblica i Quindici sermoni sulla natura umana, in cui espone le sue idee riguardo all'etica. Nel 1736 dà alle stampe l'Analogia della religione, naturale e rivelata, con la costituzione e il corso della natura ...
Joseph Butler (1692 – 1752), filosofo e teologo inglese. La virtù come tale procura notevoli vantaggi ai virtuosi. Note [modifica]
1 set 2023 · Joseph Butler’s Perspective on Conscience: Joseph Butler stands out as a prominent scholar delving into the concept of conscience. In Butler’s view, conscience represents an innate faculty for reasoning, a ‘natural guide’ endowed by God with ultimate authority. It is intended to serve as the ultimate arbiter for human actions.
Quick Reference. (1692–1752) English moral philosopher. Born of a Presbyterian family, Butler was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, and became a minister of the Church of England, where he rose to be Bishop of Durham, as well as the spiritual adviser of Queen Caroline and George II. His moral philosophy is contained in his Fifteen Sermons ...
This edition of Bishop Joseph Butler's [1692-1752] complete works is the first newly edited version to appear in a century, and is the only one to include a single, analytic index to the whole works. The editor's introduction presents Butler's ethics and philosophy of religion as a single, comprehensive system of pastoral philosophy and surveys the vast influence Butler exerted, especially in ...
BUTLER, Joseph. Édouard de Moreau. Vescovo anglicano, nato a Wantage (Berkshire), il 18 maggio 1692, morto a Bath il 16 giugno 1752. Inviato dal padre, presbiteriano, all'accademia non conformista di Tewkesbury, vi si convertì all'anglicanismo. A Oxford tenne 15 celebri discorsi, da lui pubblicati nel 1726.
