Natural Theology

Natural Theology is a philosophical and theological work written by William Paley, an English theologian and philosopher, in 1802. The book argues for the existence of God through the observation of the natural world. Paley uses examples from nature, such as the complexity of the human eye and the intricacy of the watch, to argue that there must be a divine creator who designed and ordered the universe. The book is divided into two parts. The first part explores the concept of design in nature and the second part focuses on the attributes of God. Paley's arguments are presented in a clear and persuasive manner, and he provides numerous examples to support his claims. Natural Theology was widely read and influential in its time, and it continues to be studied by philosophers and theologians today. The book played an important role in the development of the teleological argument for the existence of God, which is still debated in contemporary philosophy.1854. This dissertation discusses the evidence of the existence and attributes of the deity, collected from the appearances of nature with additional notes, original and selected, for this edition and a vocabulary of scientific terms. Dr. Paley relates this subject by clearness of statements and description and no other author would have made a book so intelligible, which relates to subjects remote from common observation. Handsomely illustrated with plates. Due to the age of the original book, the reproduction has some light text and is slightly blurred here and there.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.