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Pagina 27
The question , therefore , is of very wide extent ; and amongst other answers
which may be given to it , besides reasons of which probably we are ignorant ,
one answer is this : It is only by the display of contrivance , that the ...
The question , therefore , is of very wide extent ; and amongst other answers
which may be given to it , besides reasons of which probably we are ignorant ,
one answer is this : It is only by the display of contrivance , that the ...
Pagina 32
In one word ; it exactly answers the purpose of the hole in a drum . The
membrana tympani itself , likewise , deserves all the examination which can be
made of it . It is not found in the ears of fish ; which furnishes an additional proof
of what ...
In one word ; it exactly answers the purpose of the hole in a drum . The
membrana tympani itself , likewise , deserves all the examination which can be
made of it . It is not found in the ears of fish ; which furnishes an additional proof
of what ...
Pagina 41
Let us now apply this answer to the eye , as we did before to the watch .
Something or other must have occupied that place in the animal's head ; must
have filled up , we will say , that socket : we will say also , that it must have been
of that sort ...
Let us now apply this answer to the eye , as we did before to the watch .
Something or other must have occupied that place in the animal's head ; must
have filled up , we will say , that socket : we will say also , that it must have been
of that sort ...
Pagina 42
We are not contented with this answer ; we find no satisfaction in it , by way of
accounting for appearances of organisation far short of those of the eye , such as
we observe in fossil shells , petrified bones , or other substances which bear the ...
We are not contented with this answer ; we find no satisfaction in it , by way of
accounting for appearances of organisation far short of those of the eye , such as
we observe in fossil shells , petrified bones , or other substances which bear the ...
Pagina 43
Nor does it mend the answer to add , with respect to the singularity of the
conformation , that after the event , it is no longer to be computed what the
chances were against it . This is always to be computed when the question is ,
whether a ...
Nor does it mend the answer to add , with respect to the singularity of the
conformation , that after the event , it is no longer to be computed what the
chances were against it . This is always to be computed when the question is ,
whether 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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