Natural Theology; Or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1822 - 364 pagina's |
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Pagina 27
... tion of instruments , in the choice and adapta- tion of means , that a creative intelligence is seen . It is this which constitutes the order and beauty of the universe . God , therefore , has been pleased to prescribe limits to his own ...
... tion of instruments , in the choice and adapta- tion of means , that a creative intelligence is seen . It is this which constitutes the order and beauty of the universe . God , therefore , has been pleased to prescribe limits to his own ...
Pagina 31
... tion by cold , would have distended or relaxed the covering membrane , in a degree inconsistent with the purpose which it was assigned to execute . The only remaining expedient , and that for which the eustachian tube serves , is to ...
... tion by cold , would have distended or relaxed the covering membrane , in a degree inconsistent with the purpose which it was assigned to execute . The only remaining expedient , and that for which the eustachian tube serves , is to ...
Pagina 39
... tion . Nearly the same thing may be observed of what is called the lymphatic system . We suffer grievous inconveniences from its disorder , with- out being informed of the office which it sustains in the economy of our bodies . There ...
... tion . Nearly the same thing may be observed of what is called the lymphatic system . We suffer grievous inconveniences from its disorder , with- out being informed of the office which it sustains in the economy of our bodies . There ...
Pagina 47
... tion or example ; and , without such explanation , it should seem to be a mere substitution of words for reasons , names for causes . Order itself is only the adaptation of means to an end : a principle of order therefore can only ...
... tion or example ; and , without such explanation , it should seem to be a mere substitution of words for reasons , names for causes . Order itself is only the adaptation of means to an end : a principle of order therefore can only ...
Pagina 48
William Paley. tion , that order is not universal ; which it would be , if it issued from a constant and necessary principle : nor indiscriminate , which it would be , if it ... tion nothing which is more so ) , ought it 48 NATURAL THEOLOGY .
William Paley. tion , that order is not universal ; which it would be , if it issued from a constant and necessary principle : nor indiscriminate , which it would be , if it ... tion nothing which is more so ) , ought it 48 NATURAL THEOLOGY .
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