Proofs and Illustrations of the Attributes of God: From the Facts and Laws of the Physical Universe: Being the Foundation of Natural and Revealed ReligionJ. Duncan, 1837 |
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Pàgina 104 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
Pàgina 549 - Sed assiduitate quotidiana et consuetudine oculorum assuescunt animi : neque admirantur, neque requirunt rationes earum rerum, quas semper vident ; proinde quasi novitas nos magis quam magnitudo rerum debeat ad exquirendas causas excitare.
Pàgina 100 - Quid est enim verius, quam neminem esse oportere tarn stulte arrogantem, ut in se rationem et mentem putet inesse, in coelo mundoque non putet ? aut ut ea, quae vix summa ingenii ratione comprehendat, nulla ratione mover!
Pàgina 100 - ... possumus? An, cum machinatione quadam moveri aliquid videmus, ut sphaeram, ut horas, ut alia permulta ; non dubitamus, quin illa opera sint rationis ; cum autem impetum...
Pàgina 42 - no man knoweth the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son revealeth him...
Pàgina xxi - He who sees no design, cannot claim the character of a philospher ; for philosophy traces means and ends. He who traces no causes, must not assume to be a metaphysician ; and if he does trace them, he must arrive at a First Cause. And he who perceives no final causes, is equally deficient in metaphysics and in natural philosophy ; since, without this, he cannot generalize, can discover no plan, where there is no purpose. But if he who can see a Creation, without seeing a Creator, has made small advances...
Pàgina 223 - The edge of a quire of paper, inserted, leaf by leaf, into another, will convey a sufficient idea of this arrangement. Thus the weight of the animal is supported by as many elastic springs as there are lamina. in all the feet, amounting to about four thousand; distributed in the most secure manner, since every spring is acted on in an oblique direction.
Pàgina 296 - ... almost miraculous obstinacy under the most unfavourable circumstances. But had this law involved the lichens, it would have been fatal to their appointed duties ; while their bulk and structure are commonly such as to have rendered the retention of moisture impossible. Exposed to a burning sun, on naked rocks, and without the means of resisting its influence, they are often so dried as to crumble at a touch : while this condition is sometimes of daily occurrence. Their very races might have been...
Pàgina xxi - He who can imagine the universe fortuitous or self-created is not a subject for argument, provided he has the power of thinking, or even the faculty of seeing. He who sees no design cannot claim the character of a philosopher; for philosophy traces means and ends. .He who traces no causes must not assume to be a metaphysician ; and if he does trace them, he must arrive at a First Cause. And he who perceives no final...
Pàgina 277 - name another mucilage, another substance which water cannot dissolve, though apparently already in solution with water, and then ask if this extraordinary secretion was not designed for the special end attained, and whether also it does not afford an example of that Power which has only to will that it may produce what it desires, even by means the most improbable.