 | William Paley - 1810 - 498 pages
...philosophically, seem to be intended, to admit and to express an efficacy, but to exclude and to deny a personal agent. Now that which can contrive, which can design,...they imply consciousness and thought. They require * It must here however be stated, that many astronomers deny that any of the heavenly bodies are absolutely... | |
 | William Paley - 1819 - 302 pages
...philosophically, seem to be intended, to admit and to express an efficacy, but to exclude and to deny a personal agent. Now that which can contrive, which can design,...a person. These capacities constitute personality, fo/ thoy imply consciousness, and thought. They require that which can perceive an end or purpose ;... | |
 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1821 - 60 pages
...philosophically, seem to be intended to admit and to express an efficacy, but to exclude and to deny a personal agent. Now that which can contrive, which can design,...and of directing them to their end. They require a center in which perceptions unite, and from which volitions flow; which is mind. The acts of a mind... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 382 pages
...philosophically, seem to be intended, to admit and to express an efficacy, but to exclude and to deny a personal agent. Now that which can contrive, which can design,...require that which can perceive an end or purpose ; as wejl as the power of providing means, and of directing them to their end.* They require a centre in... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 382 pages
...can contrive, wnich can design, must be a person. These capacities constitute personality, for tliey imply consciousness and thought. They require that which can perceive an end or purpose ; TO well as the power of * It must here however be stated, that many astronomm deny that any of the... | |
 | 1824 - 412 pages
...Personality of the Deity. — CONTRIVANCE, among other things, proves the personality of the Deity. That which can contrive, which can design, must be a person. These capaci* God moves the earth which we inhabit at the rate of sixty-eight thousand miles an hour. Every... | |
 | William Paley - 1826 - 320 pages
...philosophically, seem to be intended, to admit and to express an efficacy, but to exclude and to deny a personal agent. Now that which can contrive, which can design,...thought. They require that which can perceive an end or Surpose; as well as the power of providing means, and of irecting them to their end.* They require... | |
 | William Paley - 1831 - 692 pages
...philosophically, seem to be^ intended, to admit and to express an efficacy, but to exclude and to deny a personal r cases, and also to embrace a considerable number...chance in the midst of design: by which we mean, consci^ ' ousness and thought. They require that which can perceive an end or purpose ; as well as... | |
 | William Paley - 1837 - 428 pages
...philosophically, seem to be intended to admit and to express an efficacy, but to exclude and deny a personal agent. Now that which can contrive, which can design,...of providing means, and of directing them to their end.t They require a centre in which perceptions unite, and * It must here, however, be stated, that... | |
 | W. Paley - 1837 - 116 pages
...philosophically, seem to be intended to admit and to express an efficacy, but to exclude and to deny a personal agent. Now, that which can contrive, which can design,...perceive an end or purpose ; as well as the power of pro viding means, and of directing them to their end.* They require a centre in which perceptions unite,... | |
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... to deny a personal agent. Now that which can contrive, which can design, must be a person. These capacities constitute personality, for they imply consciousness and thought. They require that which can perceive an end or purpose, as well as the power... 
