Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of NatureR. Faulder, 1802 - 586 pagina's "In this book the theologian William Paley postulates that God's existence can be divined from the complexity and beauty of the design of the universe, a discipline called "natural theology." Natural theology is a branch of theology that emerged in the late eighteenth century and is based on reason and ordinary experience, explaining God rationally, as part of the physical world." |
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Pagina viii
... esteem , or diminution of favor . It is fortunate for a country , and honorable to its govern- ment , when qualities and difpofitions like these these are placed in high and influencing ftations . Such viii DEDICATION .
... esteem , or diminution of favor . It is fortunate for a country , and honorable to its govern- ment , when qualities and difpofitions like these these are placed in high and influencing ftations . Such viii DEDICATION .
Pagina 32
... ment , with more ease and readiness than the eyes of other animals . The eyes of fishes alfo , compared with those of terreftrial animals , exhibit certain diftinctions of ftructure , adapted to their state and element . We have already ...
... ment , with more ease and readiness than the eyes of other animals . The eyes of fishes alfo , compared with those of terreftrial animals , exhibit certain diftinctions of ftructure , adapted to their state and element . We have already ...
Pagina 44
... ment perhaps does not convey a false idea . We have made choice of the eye as an in- ftance upon which to reft the argument of this chapter . Some fingle example was to be propofed ; and the eye offered itself under the advantage of ...
... ment perhaps does not convey a false idea . We have made choice of the eye as an in- ftance upon which to reft the argument of this chapter . Some fingle example was to be propofed ; and the eye offered itself under the advantage of ...
Pagina 63
... They will be more or fewer to different perfons , and in different stages of fcience . Every improve- ment of knowledge diminishes their number . There There is hardly , perhaps , a year paffes , ARGUMENT CONTINUED . 63.
... They will be more or fewer to different perfons , and in different stages of fcience . Every improve- ment of knowledge diminishes their number . There There is hardly , perhaps , a year paffes , ARGUMENT CONTINUED . 63.
Pagina 70
... ment to the animal . And if we carry these modifications through the different fpecies which are known to fubfift , their number would be incalculable . No reafon can be given why , if thefe deperdits ever exifted , they have now ...
... ment to the animal . And if we carry these modifications through the different fpecies which are known to fubfift , their number would be incalculable . No reafon can be given why , if thefe deperdits ever exifted , they have now ...
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Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity ... William Paley Volledige weergave - 1839 |
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