 | William Paley - Ethics - 1788 - 584 pages
...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 - Ethics - 1801 - 508 pages
...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 - Human beings - 1803 - 280 pages
...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 - Ethics - 1806 - 502 pages
...capacity of our senses to receive pleasure, and the supply of external objects fitted to produce it. But either of these, and still more both of 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 - Theology - 1810 - 498 pages
...capacity of our senses to receive pleasure, and the supply of external objects fitted to produce it. " But either of these, and still more both of 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... | |
 | William Paley, William Hamilton Reid - Theology - 1810 - 350 pages
...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... | |
 | Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 430 pages
...capacity of our senses to receive pleasure, and the supply of external objects fitted to produce it. ' But either of these, and still more both of them,...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 - Apologetics - 1817 - 262 pages
...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... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1819 - 252 pages
...capacity of our senses to receive pleasure, and the supply of external objects fitted to produce it. But either of these, and still more both of 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... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...external objects fitted to produce it. " But either of these^ and still more both jof , them, bfeing too much to be attributed to accident, nothing remains...but the first supposition, that God, when he created 'thfc human spfecies, wished their happiness; and made for them the provision which he has made, with... | |
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But either of these (and still more both of them) being too much to be attributed to accident, nothing remains but the first supposition, that God, when he created the human species, wished their happiness; and made for them" the provision which he has... 
