The Principles Of Moral And Political Philosophy By William Paley The Fifth Edition Corrected

Author : William Paley
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330156650
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy written by William Paley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy: By William Paley Whatever difference, or whatever opposition, some who peruse your Lordships writings may perceive between your conclusions and their own, the good and wise of all persuasions will revere that industry, which has for its object the illustration or defence of our common Christianity. Your Lordship's researches have never lost sight of one purpose, namely, to recover the simplicity of the Gospel from beneath that load of unauthorised additions, which the ignorance of some ages, and the learning of others, the superstition of weak, and the craft of designing men, have (unhappily for its interest) heaped upon it. And this purpose, I am convinced, was dictated by the purest motive; by a firm, and, I think, a just opinion, that whatever renders religion more rational, renders it more credible; that he who, by a diligent and faithful examination of the original records, dismisses from the system one article which contradicts the apprehension, the experience, or the reasoning of mankind, does more towards recommending the belief, and, with the belief, the influence of Christianity, to the understandings and consciences of serious inquirers, and through them to universal reception and authority, than can be effected by a thousand contenders for creeds and ordinances of human establishment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.