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... UNIVERSE . - Summary of the last chapter . In the last chapter , the phe- nomena of the physical universe , so far as they show change , diversity , and activity , which are not attributable to human power and will , were held to prove ...
... UNIVERSE . - Summary of the last chapter . In the last chapter , the phe- nomena of the physical universe , so far as they show change , diversity , and activity , which are not attributable to human power and will , were held to prove ...
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... universe must arise from some thought and art like the human , because we have experience of it ? To ascertain this reasoning , it were requisite that we had experience of the origin of worlds ; and it is not sufficient , surely , that ...
... universe must arise from some thought and art like the human , because we have experience of it ? To ascertain this reasoning , it were requisite that we had experience of the origin of worlds ; and it is not sufficient , surely , that ...
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... universe was designed and executed by one Being of surpassing wisdom and goodness , comes home to the mind with a force and clear- ness which no prejudice can reject , and no sophistry evade . - Number and perfection of the adaptations ...
... universe was designed and executed by one Being of surpassing wisdom and goodness , comes home to the mind with a force and clear- ness which no prejudice can reject , and no sophistry evade . - Number and perfection of the adaptations ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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