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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Pagina x
... example of this practice is given in the last dialogue of Plato's Laws. There Clinias, one of the characters, exclaims about unbelievers, 'Why, to begin with, think of the earth, and sun, and planets, and everything! And the wonderful ...
... example of this practice is given in the last dialogue of Plato's Laws. There Clinias, one of the characters, exclaims about unbelievers, 'Why, to begin with, think of the earth, and sun, and planets, and everything! And the wonderful ...
Pagina xi
... examples not only from astronomy, but also from anatomy: 'such an usefulness of things or a fitness of means to Ends, as neither proceeds from the necessity of their Beings, nor can happen to them by Chance, doth necessarily infer that ...
... examples not only from astronomy, but also from anatomy: 'such an usefulness of things or a fitness of means to Ends, as neither proceeds from the necessity of their Beings, nor can happen to them by Chance, doth necessarily infer that ...
Pagina xv
... example, everything we tasted bitter; everything we saw loathsome; everything we touched a sting; every smell a stench; and every sound a discord'––but He wanted us to be happy, and 'contrivance proves design'. We assess human actions ...
... example, everything we tasted bitter; everything we saw loathsome; everything we touched a sting; every smell a stench; and every sound a discord'––but He wanted us to be happy, and 'contrivance proves design'. We assess human actions ...
Pagina xvii
... examples to convince the reader that the world was designed. In order to turn these examples into convincing 'proofs', Paley uses metaphors, analogies, and appeals to probability. His use of metaphors and Introduction xvii.
... examples to convince the reader that the world was designed. In order to turn these examples into convincing 'proofs', Paley uses metaphors, analogies, and appeals to probability. His use of metaphors and Introduction xvii.
Pagina xix
... examples that best fitted the analogies used in the book, Paley relied upon familiar and tested science, taken from well-established sources. Although he does discuss chemistry and astronomy, the bulk of Paley's analogies come from ...
... examples that best fitted the analogies used in the book, Paley relied upon familiar and tested science, taken from well-established sources. Although he does discuss chemistry and astronomy, the bulk of Paley's analogies come from ...
Inhoudsopgave
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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