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The existence of God /

François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, more commonly known as François Fénelon (1651 - 1715), was a French Roman Catholic theologian, poet and writer. He today is remembered mostly as one of the main advocates of quietism and as the author of The Adventures of Telemachus, a scabrous attack on...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: [Auckland, N.Z.] : Floating Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Title ; Contents; Introduction; Section I
  • Metaphysical Proofs of the Existence of God Are Not Within Everybody's Reach; Section II
  • Moral Proofs of the Existence of God Are Fitted to Every Man's Capacity; Section III
  • Why so Few Persons Are Attentive to the Proofs Nature Affords of the Existence of God; Section IV
  • All Nature Shows the Existence of Its Maker; Section V
  • Noble Comparisons Proving that Nature Shows the Existence of Its Maker First Comparison, Drawn from Homer's ""Iliad""; Section VI
  • Second Comparison, Drawn from the Sound of Instruments.
  • Section VII
  • Third Comparison, Drawn from a StatueSection VIII
  • Fourth Comparison, Drawn from a Picture; Section IX
  • A Particular Examination of Nature; Section X
  • Of the General Structure of the Universe; Section XI
  • Of the Earth; Section XII
  • Of Plants; Section XIII
  • Of Water; Section XIV
  • Of the Air; Section XV
  • Of Fire; Section XVI
  • Of Heaven; Section XVII
  • Of the Sun; Section XVIII
  • Of the Stars; Section XIX
  • Of Animals, Beasts, Fowl, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects; Section XX
  • Admirable Order in Which All the Bodies that Make Up the Universe Are Ranged.
  • Section XXI
  • Wonders of the Infinitely LittleSection XXII
  • Of the Structure or Frame of the Animal; Section XXIII
  • Of the Instinct of the Animal; Section XXIV
  • Of Food; Section XXV
  • Of Sleep; Section XXVI
  • Of Generation; Section XXVII
  • Though Beasts Commit Some Mistakes, Yet Their Instinct is, in Many Cases, Infallible; Section XXVIII
  • It is Impossible Beasts Should Have Souls; Section XXIX
  • Sentiments of Some of the Ancients Concerning the Soul and Knowledge of Beasts; Section XXX
  • Of Man; Section XXXI
  • Of the Structure of Man's Body; Section XXXII
  • Of the Skin.
  • Section XXXIII
  • Of Veins and ArteriesSection XXXIV
  • Of the Bones, and Their Jointing; Section XXXV
  • Of the Organs; Section XXXVI
  • Of the Inward Parts; Section XXXVII
  • Of the Arms and Their Use; Section XXXVIII
  • Of the Neck and Head; Section XXXIX
  • Of the Forehead and Other Parts of the Face; Section XL
  • Of the Tongue and Teeth; Section XLI
  • Of the Smell, Taste, and Hearing; Section XLII
  • Of the Proportion of Man's Body; Section XLIII
  • Of the Soul, Which Alone, Among All Creatures, Thinks and Knows; Section XLIV
  • Matter Cannot Think.
  • Section XLV
  • Of the Union of the Soul and Body, of Which God Alone Can Be the AuthorSection XLVI
  • The Soul Has an Absolute Command Over the Body; Section XLVII
  • The Power of the Soul Over the Body is Not Only Supreme or Absolute, but Blind at the Same Time; Section XLVIII
  • The Sovereignty of the Soul Over the Body Principally Appears in the Images Imprinted in the Brain; Section XLIX
  • Two Wonders of the Memory and Brain; Section L
  • The Mind of Man is Mixed with Greatness and Weakness Its Greatness Consists in Two Things First, the Mind Has the Id.
  • Section LI
  • The Mind Knows the Finite Only by the Idea of the Infinite.