The Watch on the Heath: Science and Religion before Darwin

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2005

0007133138 / 9780007133130

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Galileo once wrote that the Bible tells us how to go to Heaven, but not how the heavens go. From the Greeks to the present day, thoughtful people have struggled to reconcile the discoveries of science with religious belief and authority. In the age before Darwin many powerful clerics were also notable scientific scholars and leading scientists were often at least conventionally pious. Observing life ever more closely, an extraordinary generation of English geologists, fossil hunters and naturalists were compelled to accept that their planet was older, more complicated, diverse and cruel than they had previously imagined. Questions about God and the Bible inevitably began to arise. But for these men, unlike for Darwin, science and religion could share a philosophical basis: a careful, rational study of nature, instead of denying God, would confirm that life is, after all, the product of Gods unique creation. This belief became known as natural theology. Its greatest exponent was William Paley but the work of others such as John Ray, Robert Plot, William Whiston, Thomas Burnet, John Woodward, Erasmus Darwin and countless more writing between 1665 and 1800 gives us an extraordinary glimpse into minds at the forefront of an epic enquiry. Taking his title from Paleys famous analogy that as a watch requiried a maker, so nature in all its intricacy had to be the creation of a supreme designer, Keith Thomsons wonderful book brings to life their dilemmas, and is a winning portrayal of intellectuals struggling with their belief systems in an age of revolutionary science. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

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Titel
The Watch on the Heath: Science and Religion before Darwin
Autor
Keith Thomson
Verlag
HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London
Erscheinungsjahr
2005
Zustand
Very Good
Einband
Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0007133138
ISBN-13
9780007133130
Artikelgewicht
621 Gramm
Abmessungen
159.0 x 240.0

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