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Natural theology : or, evidence of the existence and attributes of the deity, collected from the appearances of nature /
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 centur...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.