Jesus and Socrates Compared

by Joseph Priestley

Contents: Introduction; Of the Polytheism and Idolatry of Socrates; The Sentiments of Socrates concerning the Gods and their Providence; Of the excellent moral character of Socrates; The Imperfection of Socrates's Ideas concerning Piety and Virtue in general; Socrates's Belief in a future State; The Daemon of Socrates; The Character and teaching of Socrates compared with those of Jesus; The Different Objects of the Instructions of Socrates and of Jesus; Inferences to be drawn from the Comparison of Socrates and Jesus.

Genres: Philosophy

72 pages, Paperback

Published December 8, 2005

About the author

Joseph Priestley was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works.

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).