William Paley

1743

William Paley (July 174325 May 1805) was an English clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian.

1763

He graduated in 1763 as senior wrangler, became fellow in 1766, and in 1768 tutor of his college.

1766

He graduated in 1763 as senior wrangler, became fellow in 1766, and in 1768 tutor of his college.

1768

He graduated in 1763 as senior wrangler, became fellow in 1766, and in 1768 tutor of his college.

1776

He studied philosophy. In 1776 Paley was presented to the rectory of Musgrave in Westmorland, which was exchanged soon after for Appleby.

1780

He was subsequently made vicar of Dalston in 1780, near the bishop's palace at Rose Castle.

1782

In 1782 he became the Archdeacon of Carlisle.

In 1782 Edmund Law, otherwise the mildest of men, was most particular that Paley should add a book on political philosophy to the moral philosophy, which Paley was reluctant to write.

1785

The book was published in 1785 under the title of The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, and was made a part of the examinations at the University of Cambridge the next year.

1789

In 1789, a speech he gave on the subject in Carlisle was published. The Principles was followed in 1790 by his first essay in the field of Christian apologetics, Horae Paulinae, or the Truth of the Scripture History of St Paul which compared the Paul's Epistles with the Acts of the Apostles, making use of "undesigned coincidences" to argue that these documents mutually supported each other's authenticity.

1790

In 1789, a speech he gave on the subject in Carlisle was published. The Principles was followed in 1790 by his first essay in the field of Christian apologetics, Horae Paulinae, or the Truth of the Scripture History of St Paul which compared the Paul's Epistles with the Acts of the Apostles, making use of "undesigned coincidences" to argue that these documents mutually supported each other's authenticity.

1794

It was followed in 1794 by the celebrated View of the Evidences of Christianity, which was also added to the examinations at Cambridge, remaining on the syllabus until the 1920s. For his services in defence of the faith, with the publication of the Evidences, the Bishop of London gave him a stall in St Paul's; the Bishop of Lincoln made him subdean of that cathedral, and the Bishop of Durham conferred upon him the rectory of Bishopwearmouth.

1800

Paley's works were more influential than Hume's from the 1800s to the 1840s.

1802

In 1802, he published Natural Theology; or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, his last book.

Thus, Paley's use of the watch (and other mechanical objects like it) continued a long and fruitful tradition of analogical reasoning that was well received by those who read Natural Theology when it was published in 1802. ==Legacy== Since Paley is often read in university courses that address the philosophy of religion, the timing of his design argument has sometimes perplexed modern philosophers.

1805

William Paley (July 174325 May 1805) was an English clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian.

He died on 25 May 1805 and is buried in Carlisle Cathedral with his two wives. Among his grandsons were: the classical scholar Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815-1888) and his brother the architect Edward Graham Paley (1823-1895), sons of the Rev.

1809

Memoirs of William Paley, to which is Added an Appendix, London, 1809. Ospovat, D.

1820

By the 1820s and 1830s, well-known liberals like Thomas Wakley and other radical editors of The Lancet were using Paley's ageing examples to attack the establishment's control over medical and scientific education in Durham, London, Oxford and Cambridge.

1830

By the 1820s and 1830s, well-known liberals like Thomas Wakley and other radical editors of The Lancet were using Paley's ageing examples to attack the establishment's control over medical and scientific education in Durham, London, Oxford and Cambridge.

1838

The Development of Darwin's Theory: Natural History, Natural Theology and Natural Selection, 1838–1859, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995. Pelikan, J.

1840

Paley's works were more influential than Hume's from the 1800s to the 1840s.

1920

It was followed in 1794 by the celebrated View of the Evidences of Christianity, which was also added to the examinations at Cambridge, remaining on the syllabus until the 1920s. For his services in defence of the faith, with the publication of the Evidences, the Bishop of London gave him a stall in St Paul's; the Bishop of Lincoln made him subdean of that cathedral, and the Bishop of Durham conferred upon him the rectory of Bishopwearmouth.

1953

Natural Religion and Christian Theology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1953. Richards, R.

1965

R., The Spirit of Anglicanism: A Survey of Anglican Theological Method in the Seventeenth Century (London, 1965). McGrath, A.

1972

The Role of Providence in the Social Order, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1972. Von Sydow, M.

1974

Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991. Clarke, M.L., Paley: Evidences for the Man, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1974. Dodds, G.

1976

The Mind of William Paley, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1976. McAdoo, H.

1979

'Creation and Credence', in Barry Barnes and Steven Shapin (eds), Natural Order: Historical Studies of Scientific Culture, Sage Press, Beverly Hills, 1979. Raven, C.

1980

and Roy Porter (eds), The Ferment of Knowledge – Studies in the Historiography of Eighteenth Century Science, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1980. St Clair, W.

1984

Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1984. Brooke, John H.

Paley, Wearside and Natural Theology, Sunderland, 2003. Gilson, E., From Aristotle to Darwin and Back again: A Journey in Final Causality, Species, and Evolution, John Lyon (trans), Notre Dame University Press, London 1984. Knight, David.

1991

Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991. Clarke, M.L., Paley: Evidences for the Man, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1974. Dodds, G.

1993

Christianity and Classical Culture: The Metamorphosis of Natural Theology in the Christian Encounter with Hellenism, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1993. Porter, R.

1995

The Development of Darwin's Theory: Natural History, Natural Theology and Natural Selection, 1838–1859, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995. Pelikan, J.

1999

Knoll, Evangelicals and Science in Historical Perspective (Oxford: 1999), 142–174. Topham, J.

2001

E., A Scientific Theology: Volume I, Nature, Continuum, Edinburgh, 2001. Meadley, G.

2002

The Romantic Conception of Life: Science and Philosophy in the Age of Goethe, Chicago University Press, Chicago, 2002. Rose, J.

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2002. Rosen, Frederick, Classical Utilitarianism from Hume to Mill (Routledge Studies in Ethics & Moral Theory), 2003.

2003

Paley, Wearside and Natural Theology, Sunderland, 2003. Gilson, E., From Aristotle to Darwin and Back again: A Journey in Final Causality, Species, and Evolution, John Lyon (trans), Notre Dame University Press, London 1984. Knight, David.

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2002. Rosen, Frederick, Classical Utilitarianism from Hume to Mill (Routledge Studies in Ethics & Moral Theory), 2003.

2004

Science and Spirituality: The Volatile Connection, Routledge, London, 2004. LeMahieu, D.L.

The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004. Viner, J.




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