Natural Theology: The Gifford Lectures, Delivered Before the University of Edinburgh in 1891 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Natural Theology: The Gifford Lectures, Delivered Before the University of Edinburgh in 1891

Gifford Lectureship - Modes of progress in Natural Theology - Pro gress in Natural Science from laws to theories - Idea of causa tion, and limitation of its scientific investigation - Conception of a Designing Mind behind the order of nature - Qualification of the idea of personality as applicable to the First Cause Evasion of the idea of design - Man's free will implies the possession of will as belonging to the First Cause - Impossi bilities in the nature of things - Difficulties as to the existence of moral and physical evil.

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Excerpt from Natural Theology: The Gifford Lectures, Delivered Before the University of Edinburgh in 1891

From the words of the bequest by which this Lectureship was established, it would seem that the idea of the Founder was that it was possible to establish the existence of a God, and to frame a perfect system of rules of duty, simply by the exercise of man's intellectual powers, exerted in a manner perfectly analogous to that by which the physical sciences have attained their present development. Difficult as the task might be, it was hoped that with due and liberal encouragement it might yet be accomplished.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.