Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of NatureM. Thomas, sold also by Isaac Peirce, M. Carey ... Johnson & Warner, 1814 - 349 pagina's |
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Pagina 16
... example , with a telescope . As far as the examination of the instrument goes , there is precisely the same proof that the eye was made for vision , as there is that the telescope was made for assisting it . They are made upon the same ...
... example , with a telescope . As far as the examination of the instrument goes , there is precisely the same proof that the eye was made for vision , as there is that the telescope was made for assisting it . They are made upon the same ...
Pagina 17
... example before us , it is a matter of certainty , because it is a matter which experience and observation demonstrate , that the formation of an im- C age at the bottom of the eye is necessary to APPLICATION OF THE ARGUMENT . 17.
... example before us , it is a matter of certainty , because it is a matter which experience and observation demonstrate , that the formation of an im- C age at the bottom of the eye is necessary to APPLICATION OF THE ARGUMENT . 17.
Pagina 22
... example , through which the light passes , should be larger or less ; the lenses rounder or flatter , or that their distance from the tablet , upon which the picture is delineated , should be shortened or lengthened : this , I say ...
... example , through which the light passes , should be larger or less ; the lenses rounder or flatter , or that their distance from the tablet , upon which the picture is delineated , should be shortened or lengthened : this , I say ...
Pagina 23
... examples are given . The fact accordingly is , that two peculiarities are found in the eyes of birds , both tending to facilitate the change upon which the adjustment of the eye to different distances depends . The one is a bony , yet ...
... examples are given . The fact accordingly is , that two peculiarities are found in the eyes of birds , both tending to facilitate the change upon which the adjustment of the eye to different distances depends . The one is a bony , yet ...
Pagina 31
... example was to be proposed ; and the eye offered itself under the advantage of admitting of a strict comparison with optical instruments . The ear , it is probable , is no less artificially and mechanically adapted to its office , than ...
... example was to be proposed ; and the eye offered itself under the advantage of admitting of a strict comparison with optical instruments . The ear , it is probable , is no less artificially and mechanically adapted to its office , than ...
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Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity ... William Paley Volledige weergave - 1820 |
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