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Pagina 10
Our going back ever so far brings lus no nearer to the least degree of satisfaction
upon the subject . Contrivance is still unaccounted for . We still want a contriver .
A designing mind is neither supplied by this supposition , nor dispensed with .
Our going back ever so far brings lus no nearer to the least degree of satisfaction
upon the subject . Contrivance is still unaccounted for . We still want a contriver .
A designing mind is neither supplied by this supposition , nor dispensed with .
Pagina 14
... sufficient to destroy all similitude between the eye and the telescope , that the
one is a perceiving organ , the other an unperceiving instrument . The fact is , that
they are both instruments . And , as to the mechanism , at least as to mechanism
...
... sufficient to destroy all similitude between the eye and the telescope , that the
one is a perceiving organ , the other an unperceiving instrument . The fact is , that
they are both instruments . And , as to the mechanism , at least as to mechanism
...
Pagina 16
Two things were wanted , to the eye , which were not wanted ( at least in the
same degree ) to the telescope : and these were the adaptation of the organ , first
, to different degrees of light ; and , secondly , to the vast diversity of distance at ...
Two things were wanted , to the eye , which were not wanted ( at least in the
same degree ) to the telescope : and these were the adaptation of the organ , first
, to different degrees of light ; and , secondly , to the vast diversity of distance at ...
Pagina 22
There is one property , however , common , I believe , to all eyes , at least to all
which have been examined , * namely , that the optic nerve enters the bottom.of.
the eye , not in the centre or middle , but a little on one side ; not in the point
where ...
There is one property , however , common , I believe , to all eyes , at least to all
which have been examined , * namely , that the optic nerve enters the bottom.of.
the eye , not in the centre or middle , but a little on one side ; not in the point
where ...
Pagina 35
This we must do in order to vindicate the artist's skill , or , at least , the perfection
of it ; as we must also judge of his intention , and of the provision employed in
fulfilling that intention not from an instance in which they fail , but from the great ...
This we must do in order to vindicate the artist's skill , or , at least , the perfection
of it ; as we must also judge of his intention , and of the provision employed in
fulfilling that intention not from an instance in which they fail , but from the great ...
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