 Theology gave me as much delight as did Euclid. The careful study of these works, without attempting to learn any part of it by rote, was the only part of the Academical Course which, as I then felt and as I still believe, was of the least use to me in...  Studies in Letters and Life - Página 243por George Edward Woodberry - 1890 - 296 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1902 - 642 páginas
...good models. ' The logic of this book ' (Paley's ' Evidences '), he tells us in his autobiography, ' and, as I may add, of ' his " Natural Theology," gave me as much delight as ' did Buclid.'§ He was satisfied with the result, at any rate, from a literary point of view. It was, he... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 586 páginas
...with perfect correctness, but not of course in the clear language of Paley. The logic of this book and, as I may add, of his ' Natural Theology,' gave...mind. I did not at that time trouble myself about Paley 's premises ; and taking these on trust, I was charmed and convinced by the long line of argumentation.... | |
 | William Parker Cutler - 1888 - 1034 páginas
...with perfect correctness, but not of course in the clear language of Paley. The logic of this book and, as I may add, of his ' Natural Theology," gave...felt and as I still believe, was of the least use to rne in the education of my mind. I did not at that time trouble myself about Paley's premises ; and... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1888 - 572 páginas
...with perfect correctness, but not of course in the clear language of Paley. The logic of this book and, as I may add, of his " Natural Theology," gave...of the academical course which, as I then felt and ns I still believe, was of the least use to me in the education of my mind. I did not at that time... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1888 - 338 páginas
...three years' work at Cambridge he says: THE DIAL [Jan., Moral Philosophy, and Natural Theology) . . was the only part of the academical course which,...the least use to me in the education of my mind." The real value of his life at Cambridge came from his association with scholars, and preeminently from... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1888 - 572 páginas
...their studies expressed in terms such as the following : "The logic of this book [the 'Evidences '] and, as I may add, of his ' Natural Theology ' gave me as much delight as did Euclid." (I, p. 47.) The collector's instinct, strong in Darwin from his childhood, as is usually the case in... | |
 | 1888 - 592 páginas
...with perfect correctness, but not, of course, in the clear language of Paley. The logic of this book, and, as I may add, of his '' Natural Theology," gave me as much delight as did Euclid.' During his first two terms at Cambridge he lived at a lodging in Sidney Street, but for the rest of... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1894 - 504 páginas
...their studies expressed in terms such as the following : " The logic of this book [the ' Evidences '] and, as I may add, of his ' Natural Theology ' gave me as much delight as did Euclid." (I. p. 47.) The collector's instinct, strong in Darwin from his childhood, as is usually the case in... | |
 | Ernest Albert Parkyn - 1894 - 52 páginas
...perfect correctness, but, of course, not in the clear language of Paley. The logic of this book, and, I may add, of his Natural Theology, gave me as much delight as Euclid." This Darwin considered was the only part of the academical course which was of the least use... | |
 | William Keith Brooks - 1899 - 356 páginas
...formerly, have said it by heart"; and in his autobiography he says the logic of Paley's " Evidences " and of his " Natural Theology" "gave me as much delight...to learn any part by rote, was the only part of the academic course which, as I then felt, and as I still believe, was of the least use to me in the education... | |
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