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William Paley was an English Anglican priest, Utilitarian philosopher, and author of influential works on Christianity, ethics, and science, among them the standard exposition in English theology of the teleological argument for the existence of God.
Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity is an 1802 work of Christian apologetics and philosophy of religion by the English clergyman William Paley (1743–1805).
Natural Theology William Paley 23. The personhood of the Deity ‘The universe’ itself is merely a collective name: its parts are all that are real, or that are things. Now inert matter is out of the question; and organised substances include marks of contrivance. But whatever includes marks of
The argument from design has been in use for millennia, but it is most commonly associated with the nineteenth century English theologian William Paley and his 1802 treatise Natural Theology, or Evidence of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature.
Natural Theology William Paley 1. The basic argument might be evident—and in the case of the watch would be evident—however we accounted for the irregularity of the movement, or whether we could account for it or not. A machine does not have to be perfect in order to show with what design it was made, let alone showing that it was made
He is best known for his natural theology exposition of the teleological argument for the existence of God in his work Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, which made use of the watchmaker analogy.
NATURAL THEOLOGY: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity Collected from the Appearances of Nature (in part) By: William Paley, D.D. Late Archdeacon of Carlisle (1802) The Twelfth Edition 1 Edited, additions, corrections, and footnotes by Barry F. Vaughan
The present edition of the Natural Theology of Dr. Paley was undertaken with the view of making. this admirable work more ex- tensively useful than it could... Contributor: Ware, John - Paley, William - Paxton, James
Illustrations of Paley's Natural theology. With descriptive letter press. Also available in digital form. Contributor: Paley, William - Paxton, James Date: 1827
The argument from design has been in use for millennia, but it is most commonly associated with the nineteenth century English theologian William Paley and his 1802 treatise Natural...