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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... divinely inspired end (telos). The ontological argument holds that existence is entailed by the concept of God––a move which inherently assumes that God exists a priori (before experience) and which is dependent Introduction.
... divinely inspired end (telos). The ontological argument holds that existence is entailed by the concept of God––a move which inherently assumes that God exists a priori (before experience) and which is dependent Introduction.
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... experience) and which is dependent upon evidence taken from reason alone (not the physical world). Though dividing up arguments for God's existence into three categories is a helpful heuristic tool, the history of Western thought shows ...
... experience) and which is dependent upon evidence taken from reason alone (not the physical world). Though dividing up arguments for God's existence into three categories is a helpful heuristic tool, the history of Western thought shows ...
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... experience was augmented, first by Aristotle's natural philosophy, and then by Lockean empiricism and Newtonian mechanics. In his Essay (1689), Locke had suggested that the 'idea' of God was not innate, but learned: 'Since then though ...
... experience was augmented, first by Aristotle's natural philosophy, and then by Lockean empiricism and Newtonian mechanics. In his Essay (1689), Locke had suggested that the 'idea' of God was not innate, but learned: 'Since then though ...
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... experience had shown that 'in discoursing to young minds of morality, it required more pains to make them perceive the difficulty, than to understand the solution', he excited curiosity in order to arouse enthusiasm. The morality he ...
... experience had shown that 'in discoursing to young minds of morality, it required more pains to make them perceive the difficulty, than to understand the solution', he excited curiosity in order to arouse enthusiasm. The morality he ...
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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