Joseph Butler
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Joseph Butler was an 18th-century English Anglican bishop, theologian, and philosopher best known for his influential works on ethics, human nature, and critiques of deism.
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| Joseph Butler canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Butler Context triple: [Samuel Clarke, influenced, Joseph Butler]
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William Warburton
William Warburton was an 18th-century English bishop, critic, and theologian best known for his influential and often controversial works on religion and literary criticism.
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Bishop Henry Brougham
Bishop Henry Brougham is the kind but overburdened clergyman in the classic Christmas film "The Bishop's Wife," whose crisis of faith and personal struggles prompt the intervention of an angel.
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C.
George Abbot
George Abbot was a prominent early 17th-century English clergyman who served as Archbishop of Canterbury under King James I.
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D.
John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman was a 19th-century English theologian, cardinal, and influential leader in the Oxford Movement who later converted to Catholicism and became a key figure in modern Catholic thought.
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Bishop Francis Atterbury
Bishop Francis Atterbury was an influential early 18th-century English bishop, Tory politician, and Jacobite sympathizer known for his eloquent oratory and involvement in high-profile political and literary circles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Butler Target entity description: Joseph Butler was an 18th-century English Anglican bishop, theologian, and philosopher best known for his influential works on ethics, human nature, and critiques of deism.
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A.
William Warburton
William Warburton was an 18th-century English bishop, critic, and theologian best known for his influential and often controversial works on religion and literary criticism.
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B.
Bishop Henry Brougham
Bishop Henry Brougham is the kind but overburdened clergyman in the classic Christmas film "The Bishop's Wife," whose crisis of faith and personal struggles prompt the intervention of an angel.
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C.
George Abbot
George Abbot was a prominent early 17th-century English clergyman who served as Archbishop of Canterbury under King James I.
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D.
John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman was a 19th-century English theologian, cardinal, and influential leader in the Oxford Movement who later converted to Catholicism and became a key figure in modern Catholic thought.
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E.
Bishop Francis Atterbury
Bishop Francis Atterbury was an influential early 18th-century English bishop, Tory politician, and Jacobite sympathizer known for his eloquent oratory and involvement in high-profile political and literary circles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican bishop
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Christian ethicist ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1692-05-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Wantage, Berkshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Bristol Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| critiqued |
Bernard Mandeville’s moral theory
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Thomas Hobbes’s egoism ⓘ deism ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1752-06-16 ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Oriel College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
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Samuel Jones’s dissenting academy at Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Christian theology
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ethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| fullName | Joseph Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalConcept |
conscience as a natural principle
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self-love and benevolence as compatible principles ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century analytic moral philosophy
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Adam Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ David Hume NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Sidgwick NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of deism
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defense of revealed religion ⓘ influence on later British moralists ⓘ theory of conscience as a governing principle in human nature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel
NERFINISHED
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The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bishop
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clergyman ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
British moral philosophy
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anti-utilitarian ethics ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Bishop of Bristol
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Bishop of Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ Clerk of the Closet to the King NERFINISHED ⓘ Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| servedAs | preacher at the Rolls Chapel, London ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition | Anglican theology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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