Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity,: Collected from the Appearances of NatureR. Faulder, 1811 - 548 |
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... further property , the crown and perfection of all the rest . II . He would reflect , that though the watch before him were , in some sense , the maker of the watch , which was fabricated in the course of its movements , yet it was in a ...
... further property , the crown and perfection of all the rest . II . He would reflect , that though the watch before him were , in some sense , the maker of the watch , which was fabricated in the course of its movements , yet it was in a ...
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... further we went back , by going back indefinitely we might exhaust it . And this is the only case to which this sort of reasoning applies . Where there is a tendency , or , as we increase the number of terms , a continual approach to ...
... further we went back , by going back indefinitely we might exhaust it . And this is the only case to which this sort of reasoning applies . Where there is a tendency , or , as we increase the number of terms , a continual approach to ...
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... further also reflect , that the maker of the watch before him , was , in truth and reality , the maker of every watch produced from it ; there being no difference ( except that the latter manifests a more ex- quisite skill ) between the ...
... further also reflect , that the maker of the watch before him , was , in truth and reality , the maker of every watch produced from it ; there being no difference ( except that the latter manifests a more ex- quisite skill ) between the ...
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... without purpose , which suggested to the optician the only ef- fectual means of attaining that purpose ? But further ; there are other points , not so much perhaps of strict resemblance be- tween the two 22 APPLICATION OF THE ARGUMENT .
... without purpose , which suggested to the optician the only ef- fectual means of attaining that purpose ? But further ; there are other points , not so much perhaps of strict resemblance be- tween the two 22 APPLICATION OF THE ARGUMENT .
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... further also , in the human subject , to be observed , that this hole in the eye , which we call the pupil , un- der all its different dimensions , retains its exact circular shape . This is a structure ex- tremely artificial . Let an ...
... further also , in the human subject , to be observed , that this hole in the eye , which we call the pupil , un- der all its different dimensions , retains its exact circular shape . This is a structure ex- tremely artificial . Let an ...
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Strona 1 - In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there ; I might possibly answer that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever ; nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer.
Strona 1 - I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place; I should hardly think of the answer which...
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Strona 154 - The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the water-works at London Bridge ; and the water roaring in its passage through that pipe is inferior, in impetus and velocity, to the blood gushing from the whale's heart.
Strona 7 - And not less surprised to be informed that the watch in his hand was nothing more than the result of the laws of metallic nature.
Strona 7 - A law presupposes an agent ; for it is only the mode, according .to which an agent proceeds : it implies a power ; for it is the order, according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power, which are both distinct from itself, the hue does nothing, is nothing. The expression, " the law of metallic nature...