Search Results: the principles of moral and political by paley william 1743 1805

Edinburgh: Adam Black, 1814. 21st Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good. Octavo (standard book size). William Paley was an English clergyman and one of the most famous of Christian apologists of the eighteenth century. He produced the watchmaker analogy. If you found a watch in the woods you would presume there had been a watchmaker. More in Wikipedia. (Vol. 1 of 2) Leather scuffed, edges little worn, corners bumped, hinges weak. Several names and a note in ink inside front and on fly leaves. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 402 pages. Full refund if not satisfied.

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Hardback. New.

London: Printed for R. Faulder by Wilks and Taylor, 1803. 14th Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in gilt-blocked leather. Front board detatched. Spine band is worn. Text remains clear without blemish. Physical description: 382 pages. Subjects: Utilitarianism. Ethics. Philosophy. 20th century philosophy.

London: Printed For R.Faulder, 1793., 1793. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xxxiii, 378; 4 p.l., 433. half-ttile in Vol. II only. contemporary tree calf (joints cracked, spines worn & lacking labels, spine ends chipped & corners worn). Ninth Edition, Corrected. Based on Paley's lectures at Christ's College, Cambridge, this was his first published work (1785) and it was an instant success. His later works, especially A View of the Evidences of Christianity (1794) are regarded as the "epitome of eighteenth-century theological reasoning, the Evidences being called "the most effective statement of the external evidence for christianity ever written." (PMM) Rand I 392. Printing and the Mind of Man 245n..

London; Printed For R. Faulder (New Bond Street), 1794. The 10th edition (corrected). Hardback. Full contemporary aniline calf. Panels gilt bordered with elaborate floral-edged gilt-tooling to the spine compartments. Contrasting red and green title and volume labels. Extremities slightly rubbed; remains an exceptional set. ; 0 pages; Utilitarianism (Early Works to 1800) - Ethics - Political Science (Philosophy) .