Best Joseph Butler Quotes
- Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to… Capacities
- God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but then it is to be added that He neither sees… Added
- For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in… All
- There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we are apt to take notice of. Apt
- Virtue is not to be considered in the light of mere innocence, or abstaining from harm; but as the exertion of our faculties in doing… Abstaining
- The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world,… Adapted
- Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to,… According
- Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and who deserve some regard, though of too still and composed… Composed
- The Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the condition and usages of the Christian world at the time… All
- Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with. Doubt
- The only distinct meaning of the word "natural" is stated, fixed, or settled; since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent… Agent
- The first thought is often the best. Best
- Men are impatient, and for precipitating things; but the Author of Nature appears deliberate throughout His operations, accomplishing His natural ends by slow, successive steps.… Accomplishing
- Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases where they cannot be obtained without manifest injury to others. Cases
- However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil, more delight than sorrow, arises from compassion itself; there being… Arises
- The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery. Causes
- This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that his last end… Balaam