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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... CONTENTS. Introduction ix Note on the Text xxx Select Bibliography xxxii A Chronology of William Paley xxxvi NATURAL THEOLOGY 1 Appendix: Further Reading 284 Explanatory Notes 294 This page intentionally left blank Contents.
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... further and say that the physical causes operating in the natural world (cosmos) were started by a divine first cause (God) at some point in the past. The teleological argument holds that the natural world appears to have been designed ...
... further and say that the physical causes operating in the natural world (cosmos) were started by a divine first cause (God) at some point in the past. The teleological argument holds that the natural world appears to have been designed ...
Pagina xvi
... the 1790s was fraught. War had been declared with France in 1793 and while bad harvests and high prices added to economic hardship, constant fear of a fifth column of atheistic radicals further destabilized xvi Introduction.
... the 1790s was fraught. War had been declared with France in 1793 and while bad harvests and high prices added to economic hardship, constant fear of a fifth column of atheistic radicals further destabilized xvi Introduction.
Pagina xvii
... further destabilized the country. The book was welcome, and it continued to sell throughout the nineteenth century, frequently reprinted by the Religious Tract Society and other publishers. Pantheists and Deists could not ignore Paley's ...
... further destabilized the country. The book was welcome, and it continued to sell throughout the nineteenth century, frequently reprinted by the Religious Tract Society and other publishers. Pantheists and Deists could not ignore Paley's ...
Pagina xix
... further evidence for him of God's foresight and benevolence in the provision of what was necessary. But God was not only wise, but also good: so the contrivances He had supplied were beneficial, and He had also 'superadded pleasure to ...
... further evidence for him of God's foresight and benevolence in the provision of what was necessary. But God was not only wise, but also good: so the contrivances He had supplied were beneficial, and He had also 'superadded pleasure to ...
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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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