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Others have chosen to refer every thing to a principle of order in nature . A principle of order is the word : but what is meant by a principle of order , as different from an intelligent Creator , has not been explained either by ...
Others have chosen to refer every thing to a principle of order in nature . A principle of order is the word : but what is meant by a principle of order , as different from an intelligent Creator , has not been explained either by ...
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We might as well call the casting of metals a principle ; we might , so far as appears to me , as well call spinning and weaving principles : and then , referring the texture of cloths , the fabric of muslins and calicoes , the patterns ...
We might as well call the casting of metals a principle ; we might , so far as appears to me , as well call spinning and weaving principles : and then , referring the texture of cloths , the fabric of muslins and calicoes , the patterns ...
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The reason is , that the principle of conduct , though excellent as far as it goes , fails in comprehensiveness . ... I am far from taking upon me to say that it is essential to this principle to exclude all other principles of conduct ...
The reason is , that the principle of conduct , though excellent as far as it goes , fails in comprehensiveness . ... I am far from taking upon me to say that it is essential to this principle to exclude all other principles of conduct ...
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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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