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 5
... suppose I pitched my foot against a stone , and were asked how the stone came to be there , I might possibly answer , that , for any thing I knew to the contrary , it had lain there forever : nor would it perhaps be very easy to show ...
... suppose I pitched my foot against a stone , and were asked how the stone came to be there , I might possibly answer , that , for any thing I knew to the contrary , it had lain there forever : nor would it perhaps be very easy to show ...
Pagina 9
... , affect not the certainty of his reasoning . The consciousness of knowing little , need not beget a distrust of that which he does know . .B 2 CHAPTER II . STATE OF THE ARGUMENT CONTINUED . SUPPOSE STATE OF THE ARGUMENT .
... , affect not the certainty of his reasoning . The consciousness of knowing little , need not beget a distrust of that which he does know . .B 2 CHAPTER II . STATE OF THE ARGUMENT CONTINUED . SUPPOSE STATE OF THE ARGUMENT .
Pagina 10
... 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 observed in it , it possessed 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 observed in it , it possessed the unexpected property of ...
Pagina 14
... suppose it to be so , is to suppose that it made no difference whether we had found a watch or a stone . As it is , the metaphysics of that question have no place ; for , in the watch which we are examining , are seen contrivance ...
... suppose it to be so , is to suppose that it made no difference whether we had found a watch or a stone . As it is , the metaphysics of that question have no place ; for , in the watch which we are examining , are seen contrivance ...
Pagina 20
... suppose , of the eye , and of objects which were placed at a considerable distance from it , that , for ex- ample , of as many furlongs ( I speak in both cases of the distance at which distinct vision can be exercised ) . Now , this ...
... suppose , of the eye , and of objects which were placed at a considerable distance from it , that , for ex- ample , of as many furlongs ( I speak in both cases of the distance at which distinct vision can be exercised ) . Now , this ...
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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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