Natural TheologyOUP Oxford, 13 apr 2006 - 384 pagina's 'The consciousness of knowing little, need not beget a distrust of that which he does not know.' In Natural Theology William Paley set out to prove the existence of God from the evidence of the beauty and order of the natural world. Famously beginning by comparing the world to a watch, whose design is self-evident, he goes on to provide examples from biology, anatomy, and astronomy in order to demonstrate the intricacy and ingenuity of design that could only come from a wise and benevolent deity. Paley's legalistic approach and skilful use of metaphor and analogy were hugely successful, and equally controversial. Charles Darwin, whose investigations led to very different conclusions in the Origin of Species, was greatly influenced by the book's cumulative structure and accessible style. This edition reprints the original text of 1802, and sets the book in the context of the theological, philosophical, and scientific debates of the nineteenth century. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
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... University, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin), and with the University of Notre Dame's Erasmus Institute. He has written numerous articles on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century intellectual history. Most ...
... University, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin), and with the University of Notre Dame's Erasmus Institute. He has written numerous articles on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century intellectual history. Most ...
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... of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, collected from the appearances of nature Edited with an Introduction and Notes by MATTHEW D. EDDY and DAVID KNIGHT 1 3 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press.
... of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, collected from the appearances of nature Edited with an Introduction and Notes by MATTHEW D. EDDY and DAVID KNIGHT 1 3 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press.
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... University of Edinburgh's library system (the Special Collections Department and New College Library) and the Harvard University Library system (especially the Hilles Library, which provided a gratis photocopy of the first edition of ...
... University of Edinburgh's library system (the Special Collections Department and New College Library) and the Harvard University Library system (especially the Hilles Library, which provided a gratis photocopy of the first edition of ...
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... University Press, 1958), 393. John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975; reprint of the 4th edn. (1700) ), I. iv. x. 2 (especially since Locke's explication is clouded), it did act to Introduction ...
... University Press, 1958), 393. John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975; reprint of the 4th edn. (1700) ), I. iv. x. 2 (especially since Locke's explication is clouded), it did act to Introduction ...
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I State of the Argument | 7 |
II State of the Argument Continued | 11 |
III Application of the Argument | 16 |
IV Of the Succession of Plants and Animals | 32 |
V Application of the Argument Continued | 35 |
VI The Argument Cumulative | 45 |
VII Of the Mechanical and Immechanical Functions of Animals and Vegetables | 47 |
VIII Of Mechanical Arrangement in the Human FrameOf the Bones | 54 |
XVI Compensation | 147 |
XVII The Relation of Animated Bodies to Inanimate Nature | 155 |
XVIII Instincts | 160 |
XIX Of Insects | 170 |
XX Of Plants | 183 |
XXI The Elements | 194 |
XXII Astronomy | 199 |
XXIII Of the Personality of the Deity | 213 |
IX Of the Muscles | 69 |
X Of the Vessels of Animal Bodies | 82 |
XI Of the Animal Structure Regarded as a Mass | 101 |
XII Comparative Anatomy | 114 |
XIII Peculiar Organizations | 129 |
XIV Prospective Contrivances | 135 |
XV Relations | 140 |
XXIV Of the Natural Attributes of the Deity | 230 |
XXV The Unity of the Deity | 234 |
XXVI The Goodness of the Deity | 237 |
XXVII Conclusion | 277 |
Further Reading | 284 |
Explanatory Notes | 294 |
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