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 8
... points , affect not the certainty of his reafoning . The confcioufnefs of knowing little , need not beget a diftrust of that which he docs know . CHAP . CHAPTER II . STATE OF THE ARGUMENT CONTINUED . SUPPOSE 8 STATE OF THE ARGUMENT .
... points , affect not the certainty of his reafoning . The confcioufnefs of knowing little , need not beget a diftrust of that which he docs know . CHAP . CHAPTER II . STATE OF THE ARGUMENT CONTINUED . SUPPOSE 8 STATE OF THE ARGUMENT .
Pagina 9
... SUPPOSE , in the next place , that the person , who found the watch , should , after some time , discover , that , in addition to all the properties which he had hitherto obferved in it , it pof- feffed the unexpected property of ...
... SUPPOSE , in the next place , that the person , who found the watch , should , after some time , discover , that , in addition to all the properties which he had hitherto obferved in it , it pof- feffed the unexpected property of ...
Pagina 87
... Suppose the automaton to be put in motion by a magnet ( which is probable ) , it will fupply us with a comparison very apt for our prefent purpose . Of the magnetic efflu- vium we know perhaps as little as we do of the nervous fluid ...
... Suppose the automaton to be put in motion by a magnet ( which is probable ) , it will fupply us with a comparison very apt for our prefent purpose . Of the magnetic efflu- vium we know perhaps as little as we do of the nervous fluid ...
Pagina 98
... suppose , that , in reasoning from the ap- pearances of nature , the imperfection of our knowledge proportionably affects the certainty of our conclufion ; for in many cafes it does . not affect it at all : fecondly , that the different ...
... suppose , that , in reasoning from the ap- pearances of nature , the imperfection of our knowledge proportionably affects the certainty of our conclufion ; for in many cafes it does . not affect it at all : fecondly , that the different ...
Pagina 110
... which come upon his table . Let him take , for example , into his hands , a piece of the clean - picked bone of a hare's back ; confifting , we will suppose of three vertebræ . He will find 3 we 110 OF MECHANICAL ARRANGEMENT .
... which come upon his table . Let him take , for example , into his hands , a piece of the clean - picked bone of a hare's back ; confifting , we will suppose of three vertebræ . He will find 3 we 110 OF MECHANICAL ARRANGEMENT .
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