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Natural Theology

Autor William Paley
en Limba Engleză Paperback – mar 2010
First published in 1802, "Natural Theology" was written in defense of the teleological argument. His opening statement sets this stage by supposing that if he found a watch upon the ground, then examined its parts, he would necessarily conclude that it was designed for a purpose. His watchmaker analogy is still a favorite of many as a starting point for showing that such complexity cannot possibly have come into existence without an intelligent mind creating it. "Natural Theology" attempts to show that recognizing marks of design and intelligence in nature is not begging the question, but is instead drawing an inevitable conclusion about the nature of design. "Paley's arguments for God and for Christianity still provide the backbone for much of contemporary apologetics."Norman GeislerCo-Founder of Southern Evangelical SeminaryAuthor of Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics"Modern apologists will do well to read and study the classical arguments. The strong appeal to logic and reason, as is evidenced in Paley, is a contrast to the feel-good subjective arguments often presented in the present postmodern world."Doy MoyerProfessor of Philosophy and Biblical Studies, Florida College
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780981970394
ISBN-10: 0981970397
Pagini: 338
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: DeWard Publishing

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'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 theological, philosophical, and scientific debates of the nineteenth century. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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This is an astonishing book, made all the more accessible by some excellent modern footnotes

Notă biografică

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 to Natural Science, 1700-1900 (Ashgate,2005).David Knight has edited the British Journal for the History of Science and served as President of the British Society for the History of Science. In 2003 he received the American Chemical Society's Edelstein Award for History of Chemistry.

Cuprins

1. State of the argument; 2. State of the argument continued; 3. Application of the argument; 4. Of the succession of plants and animals; 5. Application of the argument continued; 6. The argument cumulative; 7. Of the mechanical and immechanical functions of animals and vegetables; 8. Of mechanical arrangement in the human frame—of the bones; 9. Of the muscles; 10. Of the vessels of animal bodies; 11. Of the animal structure regarded as a mass; 12. Comparative anatomy; 13. Peculiar organisations; 14. Prospective contrivances; 15. Relations; 16. Compensations; 17. The relation of animated bodies to inanimate nature; 18. Instincts; 19. Of insects; 20. Of plants; 21. Of the elements; 22. Astronomy; 23. Personality of the Deity; 24. Of the natural attributes of the Deity; 25. Of the unity of the Deity; 26. The goodness of the Deity; 27. Conclusions.