[COMPLETE] The Analogy of Religion to the Constitution and Course of Nature, by Joseph Butler - tg

[mleigh]

This is a hard title to listen to. Simeon was so much easier.

One comment in section 7 where the changed word changes the meaning.

At about 0:40 I hear "morality", it should read "mortality" in "upon the mortality of others,"

Thanks,

M

Spot check is up.

If you want some orientation, I just finished this.

This is PL OK.

Thanks for the link. I am downloading it now. Is it easier going than this is?

M

[InTheDesert]

Is it easier going than this is?

He summarises and comments on each chapter of Butler. He does have a tendency towards being verbose but not nearly as bad as Butler's three-sentences-merged-into-one writing style. And helpfully, his lectures tend to only be about 10 minutes.

[InTheDesert]

The first half of the conspectus is up.

[mleigh]

The first half of the conspectus is up.

That was actually easier to listen to than his other chapters.

I just have a few comments here.

0:06 you have the full intro here, in at least some of the other recordings you have used the shorter one. Your call.
about 22:42 the text reads "which might not be i compatible with justice" I hear "compatible"
at about 48:42 You have "chapter 4" should be "chapter 6" -those pesky Roman numerals

M

[InTheDesert]

That was actually easier to listen to than his other chapters.

I just have a few comments here.

0:06 you have the full intro here, in at least some of the other recordings you have used the shorter one. Your call.
about 22:42 the text reads "which might not be i compatible with justice" I hear "compatible"
at about 48:42 You have "chapter 4" should be "chapter 6" -those pesky Roman numerals

M

Thankyou! Easier, I suspect, because this was the work of the editor, not Butler himself. Did you notice the line in the introduction? He wasn't exaggerating.

Mackintosh says, “No thinker so great, was ever so bad a writer.”

Spot checks for section 3 are
about 22:30 the text reads "which might not be i compatible with justice" I hear "compatible"
48:30 You have "chapter 4" should be "chapter 6" -those pesky Roman numerals
And the (now short) intro.

In line with your concern for consistency (which I share), I have updated sections 2, 20,21 and 25 to use the short intro which perhaps you could briefly check.

I keep asking myself why I'm persisting with this project - my records tell me I still have 617 minutes of work to do on it. I ponder abandoning it and seeing if someone else wants to pick it up but then I think I've come this far...

This will be my last update for a month. I'll upload Sibbes though if an MC picks it up.

[mleigh]

All sections are PL OK.

M

[InTheDesert]

Section 4
Conspectus - Part 2
(53:44)

[mleigh]

Section 4
Conspectus - Part 2
(53:44)

It hasn't gotten any easier to listen to after a month's break.

Two small comments, I probably would have ignored the second one if not for the first.

At about 21:30-21:26 and 21:37-21:44, there is a repeat of "1. Future punishment may be as natural a sequence of sin, as a broken limb is of falling from a precipice."

At about 32:10, "5" is missing in "5. It shows a mental defect not to see evidence unless it is glaring; and a corrupt
heart not to be influenced by it unless overpowering."

M

[InTheDesert]

It hasn't gotten any easier to listen to after a month's break.

Two small comments, I probably would have ignored the second one if not for the first.

At about 21:30-21:26 and 21:37-21:44, there is a repeat of "1. Future punishment may be as natural a sequence of sin, as a broken limb is of falling from a precipice."

At about 32:10, "5" is missing in "5. It shows a mental defect not to see evidence unless it is glaring; and a corrupt
heart not to be influenced by it unless overpowering."

M

Spot checks at 21:29 and 32:03.

Section 8 is also up.

[mleigh]

It hasn't gotten any easier to listen to after a month's break.

Two small comments, I probably would have ignored the second one if not for the first.

At about 21:30-21:26 and 21:37-21:44, there is a repeat of "1. Future punishment may be as natural a sequence of sin, as a broken limb is of falling from a precipice."

At about 32:10, "5" is missing in "5. It shows a mental defect not to see evidence unless it is glaring; and a corrupt
heart not to be influenced by it unless overpowering."

M

Spot checks at 21:29 and 32:03.

Section 8 is also up.

Section 4 is PL OK.

Section 8 came so close to getting a PL OK but

at about 43:57 and 44:00, the text "to this moral scheme’s being carried on much farther" is repeated.

Thanks,

M

[InTheDesert]

Section 22
Objections against arguing from the Analogy of Nature to Religion
(23:26)

[mleigh]

Section 22
Objections against arguing from the Analogy of Nature to Religion
(23:26)

This is PL OK.

M

[InTheDesert]

Section 8 came so close to getting a PL OK but

at about 43:57 and 44:00, the text "to this moral scheme’s being carried on much farther" is repeated.

Thanks,

M

Thankyou for catching this. The edit is at 43:57.

[mleigh]

Section 8 came so close to getting a PL OK but

at about 43:57 and 44:00, the text "to this moral scheme’s being carried on much farther" is repeated.

Thanks,

M

Thankyou for catching this. The edit is at 43:57.

Section 8 is PL OK.

M

[mleigh]

Section 11 is PL OK.

M