When the coherence of the parts of a stone, or even that composition of parts which renders it extended; when these familiar objects, I say, are so inexplicable, and contain circumstances so repugnant and contradictory; with what assurance can we decide concerning the origin of worlds, or trace their history from eternity to eternity?


Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (ed. 1779)


When the coherence of the parts of a stone, or even that composition of parts which renders it extended; when these familiar objects, I say, are so...

When the coherence of the parts of a stone, or even that composition of parts which renders it extended; when these familiar objects, I say, are so...

When the coherence of the parts of a stone, or even that composition of parts which renders it extended; when these familiar objects, I say, are so...

When the coherence of the parts of a stone, or even that composition of parts which renders it extended; when these familiar objects, I say, are so...