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... first watch was no cause at all to the second ; in no such sense as this was the
author of the constitution and order , either of the parts which the new watch
contained , or of the parts by the aid and instrumentality of which it was produced
.
... first watch was no cause at all to the second ; in no such sense as this was the
author of the constitution and order , either of the parts which the new watch
contained , or of the parts by the aid and instrumentality of which it was produced
.
Pagina 8
We are now asking for the cause of that subserviency to a use , that relation to an
end , which we have remarked in the watch before No answer is given to this
question , by telling us that a preceding watch produced it . There cannot be
design ...
We are now asking for the cause of that subserviency to a use , that relation to an
end , which we have remarked in the watch before No answer is given to this
question , by telling us that a preceding watch produced it . There cannot be
design ...
Pagina 10
The question is not simply , How came the first watch into existence ? which
question , it may be pretended , is done away by supposing the series of watches
thus produced from one another to have been infinite , and consequently to have
...
The question is not simply , How came the first watch into existence ? which
question , it may be pretended , is done away by supposing the series of watches
thus produced from one another to have been infinite , and consequently to have
...
Pagina 11
If it be said , that , upon the supposition of one watch being produced from
another in the course of that other's movements , and by means of the
mechanism within it , we have a cause for the watch in my hand , viz . the watch
from which it ...
If it be said , that , upon the supposition of one watch being produced from
another in the course of that other's movements , and by means of the
mechanism within it , we have a cause for the watch in my hand , viz . the watch
from which it ...
Pagina 15
Our artist borrowed thence his hint ; and produced a correetion of the defect by
imitating ; in glasses made from different materials , the effects of the different
humours through which the rays of light pass before they reach the bottom of the
eye .
Our artist borrowed thence his hint ; and produced a correetion of the defect by
imitating ; in glasses made from different materials , the effects of the different
humours through which the rays of light pass before they reach the bottom of the
eye .
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature |
| Auteur | William Paley |
| Uitgever | Joseph Graham, 1839 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | The British Library |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 14 maart 2017 |
| Lengte | 375 pagina's |
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