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When educated men in the seventeenth century thought about the Earth on which they stood, they might ask themselves the following questions. When was the world created? Why? How? Out of what? Where did people come from? Do we all share the same origin? How were other living things generated? Can species vary at all? What are fossils? The common answers to these questions were rooted in the Bible. The world was made around the year 4000 BC by the direct command of God; people all come from Adam and Eve; species do not vary and fossils are inorganic in origin. Most people assumed that the teachings of theology and of natural philosophy (what we would later term ‘science’) were both continuous and harmonious. But there were radical new answers to these questions of origin too.
This is the story of how the emerging discipline of experimental philosophy reacted to the opening chapters of the book of Genesis to interpret the physical origin, present status, and final destination of the Earth. The Royal Society of London, created in 1660 ‘for the improving of natural knowledge’, was where these bold new answers to old questions were formulated, discussed, contested, and modified, by men such as Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, Edmond Halley, and Thomas Burnet.

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Making Toleration

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Though james ii is often depicted as a catholic despot who imposed his faith scott sowerby reveals a king ahead of his time who pressed for religious toleration at the expense of his throne the glorious revolution was in fact a conservative counter revolution against the movement for enlightened r 2 - 3 weken .. MEER INFO

An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North

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Originally published in 1694 this record of recent voyages made by sir john narborough abel tasman john wood and friderich martens includes tasman s account of discovering tasmania and new zealand in 1642 equally engaging narborough s journal records his voyage to the straits of magellan and hi 2 - 3 weken .. MEER INFO

The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve: The Story That Created Us

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endlessly illuminating and a sheer pleasure to read jack miles author of god a biography daring to take the great biblical account of human origins seriously but without credulity the most influential story in western cultural history the biblical account of adam and eve is now tr Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 28 april 2010

Aantal pagina's: 234

Illustraties: Met illustraties

Hoofdauteur: William Poole

Hoofduitgeverij: PETP

Editie: New edition

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 165 mm

Product hoogte: 22 mm

Product lengte: 241 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 165 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 241 mm

Verpakking lengte: 22 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 621 g

EAN: 9781906165086

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