The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature, with Religious ImprovementsThe prominent Puritan clergyman Cotton Mather published The Christian Philosopher in 1721. This work was intended to demonstrate the harmony between science and religion. Mather surveyed all the known sciences from astronomy and physics to human anatomy. He presented evidence that both celestial and terrestrial phenomena imply an intelligent designer. |
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... observes the commonwealth of bees and the city of ants . Oddly enough he makes no reference to the serpent in the Garden of Eden in his chapter on reptiles . His defini- tion of them is charming : " A sort of Animals that rest one part ...
... observes the commonwealth of bees and the city of ants . Oddly enough he makes no reference to the serpent in the Garden of Eden in his chapter on reptiles . His defini- tion of them is charming : " A sort of Animals that rest one part ...
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... observes , it can't be thought the effect of Cicuration and Inftitution : But the like was by Dr. Lifter observed in Swallows too . But altho almoft the whole Tribe of Birds , do pro- duce their Young by Incubation , there is a ...
... observes , it can't be thought the effect of Cicuration and Inftitution : But the like was by Dr. Lifter observed in Swallows too . But altho almoft the whole Tribe of Birds , do pro- duce their Young by Incubation , there is a ...
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