Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever. Part I. Containing An Examination of the Principal Objections to the Doctrines of Natural Religion, and Especially Those Contained in the Writings of Mr. [David] Hume. [with] Additional Letters to a Philosophical Un…
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xxviii, [2], 212, [6]; xiv, [2], 71, [9] pp. A collection of letters defending natural religion against the writings of empiricist philosophers such as David Hume. Priestley was an 18th century theologian and chemist credited with the discovery of oxygen and several other gases, the invention of soda water, and known for his writings on topics such as electricity, grammar, history, and religion. His philosophical writings were also a key source for the development of Utilitarianism.