It were better, never to look beyond the present material world. By supposing it to contain the principle of its order within itself, we really assert it to be God; and the sooner we arrive at that divinity, the better.


Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: The natural history of religion (ed. 1793)


It were better, never to look beyond the present material world. By supposing it to contain the principle of its order within itself, we really...

It were better, never to look beyond the present material world. By supposing it to contain the principle of its order within itself, we really...

It were better, never to look beyond the present material world. By supposing it to contain the principle of its order within itself, we really...

It were better, never to look beyond the present material world. By supposing it to contain the principle of its order within itself, we really...