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THIS ITEM IS---EXTREMELY RARE! Discourses Relating to the Evidences of Revealed Religion. Delivered in Philadelphia. by Joseph Priestly 1797, volume II. Pub in Philadelphia by Thomas Dobson. Hand deckled paper. This has the following discourses: 1. The Moral Design of Revelation; 2. Of the Authority Assumed by Jesus, and the Dignity with which he spoke and acted; 3. The Doctrine fo Jesus Respecting Morals; 4. Teh Doctrine of a Resurrection, as Taught by Jesus; 5. Of the Principles and Evidences of Maho-mentanism Compared with those of Christianity; 6. The Genuineness of the Book of Daniel and his Prophetic Character, vindicated; 7. Of the Prophecies concerning Antichrist.
This book is an exlibrary book from the Library of the American Unitarian Association, Boston. It does have some library markings, a bookplate, the spine is done in binding tape from the library, and a page is embossed with the library name. The title page has the top corner cut out, but it does not affect the readiblility. The book has wear, as well as age spotting/browning. On the last page of the preface, their is an "errata" glued in. Some of the pages have tiny dogears. There is binding tape on the hinges as well. Corners on cover are bumped and worn. Some scuffing to cover. There is a tear & tape on the page in the back that advertises other books by the publisher. 474 pgs. All in all, for a book this old, it's in pretty good shape.
More about Joseph Priestly from Wikipedia:
Joseph Priestley 1733 – 1804 was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and Liberal political theorist who published over 150 works. He is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, although Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Antoine Lavoisier also have a claim to the discovery.
During his lifetime, Priestley's considerable scientific reputation rested on his invention of soda water, his writings on electricity, and his discovery of several "airs" (gases), the most famous being what Priestley dubbed "dephlogisticated air" (oxygen). However, Priestley's determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution eventually left him isolated within the scientific community.
Priestley's science was integral to his theology, and he consistently tried to fuse Enlightenment rationalism with Christian theism. In his metaphysical texts, Priestley attempted to combine theism, materialism, and determinism, a project that has been called "audacious and original". He believed that a proper understanding of the natural world would promote human progress and eventually bring about the Christian Millennium. Priestley, who strongly believed in the free and open exchange of ideas, advocated toleration and equal rights for religious Dissenters, which also led him to help found Unitarianism in England. The controversial nature of Priestley's publications combined with his outspoken support of the French Revolution aroused public and governmental suspicion; he was eventually forced to flee, in 1791, first to London, and then to the United States, after a mob burned down his home and church. He spent the last ten years of his life living in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
A scholar and teacher throughout his life, Priestley also made significant contributions to pedagogy, including the publication of a seminal work on English grammar, books on history, and he prepared some of the most influential early timelines. These educational writings were some of Priestley's most popular works. It was his metaphysical works, however, that had the most lasting influence: leading philosophers including Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and Herbert Spencer credit them among the primary sources for utilitarianism.
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