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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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[Auckland, N.Z.] :
Floating Press,
©2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.