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In all equally , contrivance and design are unaccounted for . The question is not simply , How came the first watch into existence which question , it may be pretended , is done away by supposing the series of watches thus produced from ...
In all equally , contrivance and design are unaccounted for . The question is not simply , How came the first watch into existence which question , it may be pretended , is done away by supposing the series of watches thus produced from ...
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The first is , “ that in a vast plurality of instances in which contrivance is perceived , the design of the contrivance is beneficial . ” The second , " that the Deity has superadded pleasure to animal sensations , beyond what was ...
The first is , “ that in a vast plurality of instances in which contrivance is perceived , the design of the contrivance is beneficial . ” The second , " that the Deity has superadded pleasure to animal sensations , beyond what was ...
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“ The same argument may be proposed in different terms ; thus : Contrivance proves design : and the predominant tendency of the contrivance indicates the disposition of the designer . The world abounds with contrivances : and all the ...
“ The same argument may be proposed in different terms ; thus : Contrivance proves design : and the predominant tendency of the contrivance indicates the disposition of the designer . The world abounds with contrivances : and all the ...
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Contents
State of the argument | 1 |
Application of the argument | 7 |
Application of the argument continued | 21 |
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| Title | Natural theology ; Horæ Paulinæ ; Clergyman's companion ; and sermons Volume 2 of The Works of William Paley: Complete in Two Volumes, William Paley |
| Author | William Paley |
| Publisher | Henry Fisher, Son, and P. Jackson, 1928 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Jun 2006 |
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