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Quotes from Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity — William Paley

1743–1805 England

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There must be something in the world more than what we see. It is a further step to know, that, amongst the invisible things of nature, there must be "an intelligent mind", concerned in its production, order, and support.

Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity (1802)

The watch must have had a maker — that there must have existed, at some time and at some place or other, an artificer or artificers - who formed it for the purpose which we find it actually to answer, who comprehended its construction and designed its use.

Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity (1802)

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