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1 online resource (381 pages). |
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Oxford World's Classics
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Oxford world's classics.
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Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of William Paley; I. State of the Argument; II. State of the Argument Continued; III. Application of the Argument; IV. Of the Succession of Plants and Animals; V. Application of the Argument Continued; VI. The Argument Cumulative; VII. Of the Mechanical and Immechanical Functions of Animals and Vegetables; VIII. Of Mechanical Arrangement in the Human FrameOf the Bones; IX. Of the Muscles; X. Of the Vessels of Animal Bodies; XI. Of the Animal Structure Regarded as a Mass; XII. Comparative Anatomy. |
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XIII. Peculiar OrganizationsXIV. Prospective Contrivances; XV. Relations; XVI. Compensation; XVII. The Relation of Animated Bodies to Inanimate Nature; XVIII. Instincts; XIX. Of Insects; XX. Of Plants; XXI. The Elements; XXII. Astronomy; XXIII. Of the Personality of the Deity; XXIV. Of the Natural Attributes of the Deity; XXV. The Unity of the Deity; XXVI. The Goodness of the Deity; XXVII. Conclusion; Appendix: Further Reading; Explanatory Notes. |
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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. 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. - ;'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. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Natural theology.
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Natural theology. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Eddy, Matthew D.
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Knight, David M.
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Print version: 9780192805843 |
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9780191517297 (electronic book) |
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0191517291 (electronic book) |
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