The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature. To which are Added Two Brief Dissertations I. On Personal Identity II. On the Nature of Virtue. Together with A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Durham at the Primary Visitation, in the Year MDCCLI. New Ed., Corr. With a Preface Giving Some Account of the Character and Writings of the Author, by Samuel Halifax


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The Analogy of Religion to the Constitution and Course of Nature


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The Analogy by Joseph Butler is an important work of Christian apologetics in the history of the controversies over deism. The author combined a cumulative case for faith using probabilistic reasoning to persuade deists and others to reconsider orthodox faith. It is an important book for study the history of religion and the philosophic reasoning of Christianity.