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Natural Theology
William Paley
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Description for Natural Theology
Paperback. 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. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
'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 design is self-evident, he goes on to provide examples from biology, anatomy, and astronomy in order to demonstrate the intricacy and ingenuity of design that could only come from a wise and benevolent deity. Paley's legalistic approach and skilful use of metaphor and analogy were hugely successful, ... Read more
'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 design is self-evident, he goes on to provide examples from biology, anatomy, and astronomy in order to demonstrate the intricacy and ingenuity of design that could only come from a wise and benevolent deity. Paley's legalistic approach and skilful use of metaphor and analogy were hugely successful, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
267g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199535750
SKU
V9780199535750
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About William Paley
Matthew D. Eddy is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary and the University of Durham and has recently held fellowships at the Dibner Institute (MIT), Harvard University, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin) and the University of Notre Dame's Erasmus Institute. He has just finished editing (with David M. Knight) Science and Beliefs: From Natural Philosophy ... Read more
Reviews for Natural Theology
This is an astonishing book, made all the more accessible by some excellent modern footnotes
John Habgood, Church TImes
John Habgood, Church TImes