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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 producing , in the ...
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 producing , in the ...
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In the same thing , we may ask for the cause of different properties . We may ask
for the cause of the colour of a body , of its hardness , of its heat ; and these
causes may be all different . We are now asking for the cause of that
subserviency to a ...
In the same thing , we may ask for the cause of different properties . We may ask
for the cause of the colour of a body , of its hardness , of its heat ; and these
causes may be all different . We are now asking for the cause of that
subserviency to a ...
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The thing required is the intending mind , the adapting hand , the intelligence by
which that hand was directed . This question , this demand , is not shaken off , by
increasing a number or succession of substances , destitute of these properties ...
The thing required is the intending mind , the adapting hand , the intelligence by
which that hand was directed . This question , this demand , is not shaken off , by
increasing a number or succession of substances , destitute of these properties ...
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properties ; nor the more , by increasing that number , to infinity . 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 ...
properties ; nor the more , by increasing that number , to infinity . 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 ...
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The point of concourse behind the lens must fall critically upon the retina , or the
vision is confused ; yet , other things remaining the same , this point , by the
immutable properties of light , is carried farther back when the rays proceed from
a ...
The point of concourse behind the lens must fall critically upon the retina , or the
vision is confused ; yet , other things remaining the same , this point , by the
immutable properties of light , is carried farther back when the rays proceed from
a ...
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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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