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mind is neither supplied by this supposition , nor dispensed with . If the difficulty
were diminished the farther we went back , by going back indefinitely we might
exhaust it . And this is the only case to which this sort of reasoning applies .
Where ...
mind is neither supplied by this supposition , nor dispensed with . If the difficulty
were diminished the farther we went back , by going back indefinitely we might
exhaust it . And this is the only case to which this sort of reasoning applies .
Where ...
Pagina 10
The thing required is the intending mind , the adapting hand , the intelligence by
which that hand was directed . This question , this demand , is not shaken off , by
increasing a number or succession of substances , destitute of these properties ...
The thing required is the intending mind , the adapting hand , the intelligence by
which that hand was directed . This question , this demand , is not shaken off , by
increasing a number or succession of substances , destitute of these properties ...
Pagina 15
... it came into the mind of a sagacious optician , to inquire how this matter was
managed in the eye ; in which , there was exactly the same difficulty to contend
with , as in the telescope . His observation taught him , that , in the eye , the evil
was ...
... it came into the mind of a sagacious optician , to inquire how this matter was
managed in the eye ; in which , there was exactly the same difficulty to contend
with , as in the telescope . His observation taught him , that , in the eye , the evil
was ...
Pagina 26
One question may possibly have dwelt in the reader's mind during the perusal of
these observations , namely , Why should not the Deity have given to the animal
the faculty of vision at once Why this circuitous perception ; the ministry of so ...
One question may possibly have dwelt in the reader's mind during the perusal of
these observations , namely , Why should not the Deity have given to the animal
the faculty of vision at once Why this circuitous perception ; the ministry of so ...
Pagina 39
But , after all , these are different questions from the question of the artist's
existence : or , which is the same , whether the thing before us be a work of art or
not ; and the questions ought always to be kept separate in the mind . So likewise
it is ...
But , after all , these are different questions from the question of the artist's
existence : or , which is the same , whether the thing before us be a work of art or
not ; and the questions ought always to be kept separate in the mind . So likewise
it is ...
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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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