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William Paley , a popular moralist in the eighteenth century , was a man of precisely this turn of mind . One can do worse than examine the essentials of the appeal to theology as these are to be found in his writings .
William Paley , a popular moralist in the eighteenth century , was a man of precisely this turn of mind . One can do worse than examine the essentials of the appeal to theology as these are to be found in his writings .
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When we turn from niture to society , we turn from the realm of law to the realın of freedom . If man is to act in the “ medium ” of private wills , there must be something corresponding to laws as they are in nature .
When we turn from niture to society , we turn from the realm of law to the realın of freedom . If man is to act in the “ medium ” of private wills , there must be something corresponding to laws as they are in nature .
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He says he wanted to turn Hegel right way up ; having found him standing on his head , to turn him right way up and stand him on his feet . His materialist conception of history , his historical materialism in contrast to Hegels ...
He says he wanted to turn Hegel right way up ; having found him standing on his head , to turn him right way up and stand him on his feet . His materialist conception of history , his historical materialism in contrast to Hegels ...
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Contents
AN INTRODUCTION | 2 |
The principles of natural theologyfrom St Thomas Aquinas | 9 |
The religious wagerfrom Blaise Pascal | 22 |
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