The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 146
... mechanism adapted for a whatever end ( and that an end to be learned from the examina- tion of the mechanism itself ) ; and its counterpart antecedent would be an intelligent adaptation for that whatever end . For either the more ...
... mechanism adapted for a whatever end ( and that an end to be learned from the examina- tion of the mechanism itself ) ; and its counterpart antecedent would be an intelligent adaptation for that whatever end . For either the more ...
Page 148
... mechanism which served to mark a succession of hours , there were presented a mechanism which served to evolve a succession of musical harmonies , we should just as confidently infer an intelligent artist in the one case as in the other ...
... mechanism which served to mark a succession of hours , there were presented a mechanism which served to evolve a succession of musical harmonies , we should just as confidently infer an intelligent artist in the one case as in the other ...
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... mechanism of the heavens this is amply made up for in a more accessible mechanism near at hand . If either the dispositions of matter in the former mechanism be so few , or the demonstrable results of its single law be so independent of ...
... mechanism of the heavens this is amply made up for in a more accessible mechanism near at hand . If either the dispositions of matter in the former mechanism be so few , or the demonstrable results of its single law be so independent of ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
MR HUMES OBJECTION TO THE A POSTERIORI | 121 |
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