 | William Paley - 1788 - 584 pàgines
...receive pleafure, and the fupply of external objects fitted to produce it. But either of thefe, and ftill more both of them, being too much to be attributed to accident, nothing remains but the firft fuppofition, that God, •when he created the human fpecies, wimed their happinefs ; and made... | |
 | William Paley - 1801 - 508 pàgines
...pleafure, and the fupply of external objects fitted to produce it. But either* of thefe, and ftill mor<J Both of them, being too much to be attributed to accident, nothing remains but thd firft fuppofition, that God, when he created the human fpecies, wifhed their happinefs, and made... | |
 | George Combe - 1803 - 280 pàgines
...undeniable. Paley says : '' Nothing remains but the supposition that God, when He created the h uman species, wished their happiness, and made for them...He has made with that view, and for that purpose. The same argument may be proposed in different terms, thus : Contrivance proves design, and the predominant... | |
 | William Paley - 1806 - 502 pàgines
...to receive pleasure, and the supply of external objects fitted to produce it. But either of these, and still more both of them, being too much to be...he has made, with that view, and for that purpose. The same argument may be proposed in different terms, thus: Contrivance proves design; and the predominant... | |
 | William Paley - 1810 - 498 pàgines
...to receive pleasure, and the supply of external objects fitted to produce it. " But either of these, and still more both of them, being too much to be...he has made, with that view, and for that purpose. " The same argument may be proposed in different terms, thus : Contrivance proves design ; and the... | |
 | William Paley, William Hamilton Reid - 1810 - 350 pàgines
...senses to receive pleasure, and the supply of external objects fitted to produce it. But either of these being too much to be attributed to accident, nothing...he has made, with that view, and for that purpose evil, no doubt, exists; but is never, that we can perceive, the object of contrivance. Teeth are contrived... | |
 | William Paley - 1811 - 574 pàgines
...to receive pleasure, and the supply of external objects fitted to produce it. " But either of these, and still more both of them, being too much to: be...human species, wished their happiness ; and made for thc'in the provision which he has made, with that view and for that purpose. " The same argument may... | |
 | William Paley - 1813 - 572 pàgines
...to receive pleasure, and the supply of external objects fitted to produce it. " But either of these, and still more both of them, being too much to be...he has made, with that view and for that purpose. " The same argument may be proposed in different terms ; thus : Contrivance proves design : and the... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 pàgines
...to receive pleasure, and the supply of external objects fitted to produce it. ' But either of these, and still more both of them, being too much to be...remains but the first supposition, that God, when vo. vi. On the Existence of a Supreme Being. 55 he created the human species, wished their happiness... | |
 | J. W. Baker - 1817 - 262 pàgines
...these cannot be attributed to accident : therefore, when God created the fmroan species, he willed and wished their happiness, and made for them the provision...which he has made with that view and for that purpose. 06. Contrivance provfs the design; aud the predominant tendency of the contrivance, indicates the disposition... | |
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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. But... 
