Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of NatureLincoln, Edmands & Company, 1833 - 344 páginas |
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... organ , the other an unperceiving instru- The fact is , that they are both instruments . And , as to the mechanism , at least as to mechanism being em- ployed , and even as to the kind of it , this circumstance va- ries not the analogy ...
... organ , the other an unperceiving instru- The fact is , that they are both instruments . And , as to the mechanism , at least as to mechanism being em- ployed , and even as to the kind of it , this circumstance va- ries not the analogy ...
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... organ , first , to different degrees of light ; and , secondly , to the vast diversity of distance at which objects are viewed by the naked eye , viz . from a few inches to as many miles . These difficulties present not themselves to ...
... organ , first , to different degrees of light ; and , secondly , to the vast diversity of distance at which objects are viewed by the naked eye , viz . from a few inches to as many miles . These difficulties present not themselves to ...
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... organ to the perception of objects that lie near at hand , within a few inches , we will suppose , of the eye , and of objects which are placed at a considerable distance from it , that , for example , of as many furlongs ; ( I speak in ...
... organ to the perception of objects that lie near at hand , within a few inches , we will suppose , of the eye , and of objects which are placed at a considerable distance from it , that , for example , of as many furlongs ; ( I speak in ...
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... organ there must be , ) had long formed a subject of inquiry and conjecture . The change , though sufficient for the purpose , is so minute as to elude ordinary observation . Some very late discove- ries , deduced from a laborious and ...
... organ there must be , ) had long formed a subject of inquiry and conjecture . The change , though sufficient for the purpose , is so minute as to elude ordinary observation . Some very late discove- ries , deduced from a laborious and ...
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... organ would have to ope- rate under different circumstances , with strong degrees of light and with weak degrees , upon near objects , and upon remote ones , and these differences demanded , according to the laws by which the ...
... organ would have to ope- rate under different circumstances , with strong degrees of light and with weak degrees , upon near objects , and upon remote ones , and these differences demanded , according to the laws by which the ...
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Página 6 - ... the inference, we think, is inevitable; that the watch must have had a maker; that there must have existed, at sometime, and at some place or other, an artificer or artificers, who formed it for the purpose which we find it actually to answer; who comprehended its construction, and designed its use.
Página 255 - If he had been indifferent about our happiness or misery, we must impute to our good fortune (as all design by this supposition is excluded) both the capacity of our senses to receive pleasure, and the supply of external objects fitted to produce it.
Página 5 - For this reason, and for no other, viz., that, when we come to inspect the watch, we perceive (what we could not discover in the stone) that its several parts are framed and put together for a purpose, eg that they are so formed and adjusted as to produce motion, and that motion so regulated as to point out the hour of the day...
Página 222 - 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 law does nothing; is nothing. The expression, the law of metallic nature...
Página 156 - Not to take notice of her covering it from the injuries of the weather, providing it proper nourishment, and teaching it to help itself; nor to mention her forsaking the nest, if, after the usual time of reckoning, the young one does not make its appearance. A...
Página 5 - 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 I had before given, that, for any thing I knew, the watch might have always been there.
Página 243 - Herein is the exact difference between the young and the old. The young are not happy, but when enjoying pleasure ; the old are happy, when free from pain. And this constitution suits with the degrees of animal power which they respectively possess. The...
Página 282 - ... be more desirable than another, it is that which regards the phenomena of nature with a constant reference to a supreme intelligent Author. To have made this the ruling, the habitual sentiment of our minds, is to have laid the foundation of every thing which is religious.
Página 63 - ... two little muscles that serve to lift up the eyelids, and so had almost lost the use of his sight, being forced, as long as this defect lasted, to shove up his eyelids every moment with his own hands...
Página 242 - If we look to what the waters produce, shoals of the fry of fish frequent the margins of rivers, of lakes, and of the sea itself. These are so happy, that they know not what to do with themselves. Their attitudes...