On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man

As Manifested in the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man

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ID23435258
AuthorsThOMAS C CHALMERS (corresponding author), Thomas Chalmers
Year2009
Publication date2009-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueOn the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God Vol. 1 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511692949
OpenAlexW4298377860
ISBN9780511692949
Open LibraryOL34451682M
LanguageEN
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The eight Bridgewater Treatises of the 1830s aimed to contribute to an understanding of the world as created by God. This, the first treatise, by the Scottish mathematician and churchman Thomas Chalmers, proposes an 'argument for the character of the Deity, as grounded on the laws and appearances of nature'. It sees harmonies between the intellectual and material worlds as manifesting the hand of God in their creation, anticipating aspects of today's 'intelligent design' theory. Volume I includes chapters comparing virtuous and vicious personalities; the concept of habit; how external nature is adapted to man's moral constitution; and how moral and intellectual aspects of mankind lead to the civil and political well-being of society. Volume II provides specific examples of God's design including happiness and the connection between intellect, emotion and will, concluding that areas left as open questions by science's lack of proof are indications of divine architecture.

Aesthetics · Argument (complex analysis) · Constitution · Epistemology · Happiness · Intellect · Moral psychology · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics

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