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Natural Theology : Or, Evidence of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected From the Appearances of Nature by Eddy, Matthew; Knight, David M.; Paley, William is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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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 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, and equally controversial. Charles Darwin, whose investigations led to very different conclusions in the Origin of Species, was greatly influenced by the book's cumulative structure and accessible style. This edition reprints the original text of 1802, and sets the book in the context of the theolog

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Author

Eddy, Matthew; Knight, David M.; Paley, William

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781429487184

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Fiction, Sacred Texts, Religion

Rating

3.34 / 5 (44 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14