Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the DeityGould and Lincoln, 1855 - 420 pagina's |
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Pagina 12
... question To suppose it to be so , is to suppose that it made no difference whether we had found a watch or a stone . As it is , the metaphysics of that question have no place ; for , in the watch which we are examining , are seen con ...
... question To suppose it to be so , is to suppose that it made no difference whether we had found a watch or a stone . As it is , the metaphysics of that question have no place ; for , in the watch which we are examining , are seen con ...
Pagina 14
... question is not concerned in the inquiry . It may be true , that , in this , and in other instances , we trace mechanical contrivance a certain way ; and that then we come to something which is not mechanical , or which is in- scrutable ...
... question is not concerned in the inquiry . It may be true , that , in this , and in other instances , we trace mechanical contrivance a certain way ; and that then we come to something which is not mechanical , or which is in- scrutable ...
Pagina 15
... question ; for the production of the image , these are instruments of the same kind . The end is the same ; the means are the same . The pur pose in both is alike , the contrivance for accomplishing that purpose is in both alike . * The ...
... question ; for the production of the image , these are instruments of the same kind . The end is the same ; the means are the same . The pur pose in both is alike , the contrivance for accomplishing that purpose is in both alike . * The ...
Pagina 25
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Pagina 26
... question belongs to the other senses , as well as to sights ; to the general functions of animal life , as nu- trition , secretion , respiration ; to the economy of vegeta- bles ; and indeed to almost all the operations of nature . The ...
... question belongs to the other senses , as well as to sights ; to the general functions of animal life , as nu- trition , secretion , respiration ; to the economy of vegeta- bles ; and indeed to almost all the operations of nature . The ...
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