The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone; therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due care of.
Joseph ButlerThe Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the condition and usages of the Christian world at the time they were written.
Joseph ButlerIt is not at all incredible, that a book which has been so long in the possession of mankind should contain many truths as yet undiscovered.
Joseph ButlerThus self-love as one part of human nature, and the several particular principles as the other part, are, themselves, their objects and ends, stated and shown.
Joseph Butler