Natural Theology Collection

David Hume, Scottish philosopher
David Hume (1711-1776). Historical artwork of the Scottish enlightenment philosopher, historian and economist David Hume. Hume opposed the rationalists such as Descartes in believing that human

1850 Hugh Miller portrait photograph
Hugh Miller, Scottish geologist and palaeontologist. Born 1802 died 1856. Photographic frontispiece of author appearing in a posthumous edition of Millers " My Schools and Schoolmasters"

1802 William Paley Watch on the Heath
Photograph of the start of William Paleys 1802 book on " Natural Theology" showing the title and text of his opening " Watchmaker analogy"

Machina ammonita by Paul D. Stewart
Inspired by William Paleys inference of a creator from the mechanisms of nature, and a bad pun from Descartes view of non-human organisms as machina anima

1789 William Paley Portrait naturalist
William Paley (July 1743 - 25 May 1805). Stippled engraving published by Joshua Belcher 1810 as frontis to " The Works of William Paley" Volume I

1857 Hugh Miller portrait photograph
1856. Hugh Miller, Scottish geologist and palaeontologist. Born 1802 died 1856. Photographic frontispiece of author by J.G

1766 David Hume philosopher of science
David Hume, Scottish enlightenment philosopher (7th May 1711 - 25th August 1776). Steel engraving by W. Holl in " Gallery of Portraits" 1837, with later colouring

1691 John Rays Natural Theology
" The Wisdom of God manifested in the Works of Creation" by John Ray. A photograph of the ninth edition of 1727 with quill pen

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