jan 1, 1802 - William Paley published his "Natural Theology"
Description:
- Paley was a clergyman- repeated the argument that natural objects show evidence of design, thus showing the existence of a designing God
- watchmaker analogy (if something has a design then it must have a designer)
- unfailing optimist, confident that he is summarising the majority of contemporary opinion
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Date:
jan 1, 1802
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~ 223 years ago