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 12
... 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 suppo- sition , nor dispensed with . If the difficulty were dimi- nished 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 suppo- sition , nor dispensed with . If the difficulty were dimi- nished the ...
Pagina 17
... least as to mechanism being employed , and even as to the kind of it , this circumstance varies not the analogy at all . For observe , what the constitution of the eye is . It is necessary , in order to produce distinct vision , that an ...
... least as to mechanism being employed , and even as to the kind of it , this circumstance varies not the analogy at all . For observe , what the constitution of the eye is . It is necessary , in order to produce distinct vision , that an ...
Pagina 19
... least in the same degree , to the telescope ; and these were , the adaptation of the or- gan , first , to different degrees of light ; and , secondly , to the vast diversity of distance at which objects are viewed by the naked eye , viz ...
... least in the same degree , to the telescope ; and these were , the adaptation of the or- gan , first , to different degrees of light ; and , secondly , to the vast diversity of distance at which objects are viewed by the naked eye , viz ...
Pagina 24
... 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 the axis of the eye meets the retina , but between ...
... 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 the axis of the eye meets the retina , but between ...
Pagina 40
... least , the perfection of it ; as we must also judge of his intention , and of the provisions employed in fulfilling that inten- tion , not from an instance in which they fail , but from the great plurality of instances in which they ...
... least , the perfection of it ; as we must also judge of his intention , and of the provisions employed in fulfilling that inten- tion , not from an instance in which they fail , but from the great plurality of instances in which they ...
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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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