Balguy, John Divine rectitude: or, a brief enquiry concerning the moral perfections of the deity London 1730
[Balguy, John.] Divine rectitude: or, a brief enquiry concerning the moral perfections of the deity; particularly in respect of creation and providence. London: printed for John Pemberton, 1730. 62 pp. + a final leaf of bookseller's advertisements. 8vo, disbound. First edition. John Balguy was a disciple and admirer of Samuel Clarke; his earliest publications were critical of the ideas of Shaftesbury and Hutcheson. In this essay, which also deals in part with Shaftesbury's Characteristicks, he argues that "the first spring of action in the Deity" was "rectitude," as opposed to such principles as wisdom, or benevolence. "His tracts, which are terse and well written, are all applications of the principles of which Clarke is the chief exponent." -- DNB (Leslie Stephen, who did not bestow praise lightly). Old numbering sticker at the top of the title-page, but a very good copy. CBEL II, 1855.
£225
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