Author: WILKINS (John):
Title: Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion: Two Books. To which is added, A Sermon Preached at his Funerals, by William Lloyd. The Seventh Edition.
Description: London, Printed for R. Bonwicke...[et al]..., 1715. 8vo, pp. [xiv], 356, [2]. 33 [34 adverts], engraved portrait as frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, morocco label; tops and bases of joints cracked, other minor wear and rubbing of binding. John Wilkins (1714 - 1672) articulated in this book many arguments about the existence of God that were to become familiar in the 18th century, among them that found in the "admirable Contrivance of Natural things." Mentioning the discoveries made by the development of the microscope, he adds an aesthetic dimension to the argument from design: "Whatever is Natural doth by that appear, adorned with all imaginable Elegance and Beauty." The book was reprinted numerous times in the remainder of the 17th century and in the 18th century; the Preface is by John Tillotson.

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