Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of NatureGould and Lincoln, 1851 - 344 pagina's |
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Pagina 22
... Creator , great and little are nothing . Sturmius held , that the examination of the eye was a cure for atheism . Besides that conformity to optical principles which its internal constitution displays , and which alone amounts to a ...
... Creator , great and little are nothing . Sturmius held , that the examination of the eye was a cure for atheism . Besides that conformity to optical principles which its internal constitution displays , and which alone amounts to a ...
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... Creator have communicated the ca- pacity ? Why resort to contrivance , where power is omnip- otent ? Contrivance , by its very definition and nature , is the refuge of imperfection . To have recourse to expedi- ents , implies difficulty ...
... Creator have communicated the ca- pacity ? Why resort to contrivance , where power is omnip- otent ? Contrivance , by its very definition and nature , is the refuge of imperfection . To have recourse to expedi- ents , implies difficulty ...
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... Creator , imperfection , inaccuracy , liability to disorder , occasional irregularities , may subsist in a con- siderable degree , without inducing any doubt into the question : just as a watch may frequently go wrong , seldom perhaps ...
... Creator , imperfection , inaccuracy , liability to disorder , occasional irregularities , may subsist in a con- siderable degree , without inducing any doubt into the question : just as a watch may frequently go wrong , seldom perhaps ...
Pagina 40
... Creator , this turn is sometimes attempted to be given , viz . that the parts were not intended for the use , but that the use arose out of the parts . This distinction is intelligible . A cabinet maker rubs his ma- hogany with fish ...
... Creator , this turn is sometimes attempted to be given , viz . that the parts were not intended for the use , but that the use arose out of the parts . This distinction is intelligible . A cabinet maker rubs his ma- hogany with fish ...
Pagina 42
... Creator , has not been explained either by definition or example ; and , without such explanation , it should seem to be a mere substitution of words for rea- sons , names for causes . [ Order itself is only the adaptation of means to ...
... Creator , has not been explained either by definition or example ; and , without such explanation , it should seem to be a mere substitution of words for rea- sons , names for causes . [ Order itself is only the adaptation of means to ...
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