 | James C. Livingston, Francis Schüssler Fiorenza - 456 стор.
..."little more than a repudiation of all superstition," and knowledge of God was for him reducible to "one simple, though somewhat ambiguous, at least undefined...universe probably bear some remote analogy to human intelligence."39 A vivid depiction of Hume's "natural irreligion" is given in James Boswell's account... | |
 | Bernard Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen Williams - 2006 - 428 стор.
...regulated final causes of nature; and he does sum up Philo's position by allowing him to assent to the 'somewhat ambiguous, at least undefined proposition,...probably bear some remote analogy to human intelligence'. This is the most that he thinks a reasonable man can assent to; and what is certain is that anything... | |
 | David Mills Daniel - 2006 - 80 стор.
...making 'the freest use of our reason' (p. 88). If the 'whole of natural theology' amounts only to the proposition, ' That the cause or causes of order in...probably bear some remote analogy to human intelligence', then, unless this proposition can be taken further, it is hard to see how it affects life (p. 88).... | |
 | Andrew Pyle - 2006 - 168 стор.
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 | William A. Dembski - 2006 - 358 стор.
...realized that final causes demand some special kind of explanation. "If the proposition before us is that "the cause or causes of order in the universe...probably bear some remote analogy to human intelligence, " then "what can the most inquisitive, contemplative, and religious man do more than give a plain,... | |
 | Alan Bailey, Dan O'Brien - 2006 - 180 стор.
...in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion could be seen to suggest such an 'agnostic' viewpoint. The cause, or causes, of order in the universe probably bear some remote analogy to human intelligence. (Hume 1779: 227) But this method of reasoning can never have place with regard to a Being, so remote... | |
 | Robert B. Louden Professor of Philosophy University of Southern Maine - 2007 - 340 стор.
...against many of the central tenets of natural theology, urges "a plain, philosophical assent to the proposition . . . that the cause or causes of order...probably bear some remote analogy to human intelligence." Admittedly, this is an extremely "attenuated deism"; Philo cautions readers that the proposition may... | |
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If the whole of Natural Theology, as jome people seem to maintain, resolves itself into one simple, though somewhat ambiguous, at least undefined proposition, That the cause or causes of order in the universe probably bear some remote analogy to human... 
