1692 - 1752
Joseph Butler British Philosopher
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First Name |
Joseph
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Last Name |
Butler
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Full Name at Birth |
Joseph Butler
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Alternative Name |
Joseph Butler
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Birthday |
18th May, 1692
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Birthplace |
Wantage, Berkshire, England
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Died |
16th June, 1752
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Place of Death |
Bath, Somerset, Great Britain
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Buried |
20 June 1752, Bristol Cathedral
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Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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Nationality |
British
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Occupation |
Philosopher
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Joseph Butler (18 May 1692 – 16 June 1752) was an English bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher. He was born in Wantage in the English county of Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He is known, among other things, for his critique of Deism, Thomas Hobbes's egoism, and John Locke's theory of personal identity. Butler influenced many philosophers and religious thinkers, including David Hume, Thomas Reid, Adam Smith, Henry Sidgwick, John Henry Newman, and C. D. Broad, and is widely considered "as one of the preeminent English moralists." He also played an important, though under appreciated, role in the development of eighteenth-century economic discourse, greatly influencing the Dean of Gloucester and political economist Josiah Tucker.