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unusual facts about natural theology



Darwiniana

The articles both defended the theory of evolution from the standpoint of botany, and sought reconciliation with theology by arguing theistic evolution, that natural selection is not inconsistent with Natural Theology.

Transmutation of species

In Britain, where the philosophy of natural theology remained influential, William Paley wrote the book Natural Theology with its famous watchmaker analogy, at least in part as a response to the transmutational ideas of Erasmus Darwin.


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A Clockwork Origin

It could also be considered a reference to William Paley's Watchmaker analogy, a teleological argument found in his work Natural Theology.

An Essay on the Principle of Population

The 1st edition influenced writers of natural theology such as William Paley and Thomas Chalmers.

Walter Everett

Walter Goodnow Everett (1860–1937), professor of Latin, philosophy, and natural theology