Butler’s sermons argue that human nature is a system in which conscience rightly governs the passions and self-love. Further sermons treat the government of the tongue, compassion, the character of Balaam, resentment, forgiveness and the love of God, introduced by Henry Morley’s account of Butler’s life from Wantage to the see of Durham.
Foundational reading in British moral philosophy, admired by thinkers from Hume’s age to our own. Download the free EPUB.