 | Liverpool Geological Society - Geology - 1920 - 558 pages
...there, I might possibly answer that for anything I knew to the contrary it had lain there for ever; nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of the answer." To which Dr. Buckland in his Bridgewater Treatise (1836), after quoting Paley's words,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Epic poetry, Greek - 1924 - 426 pages
...there; I might possibly answer that for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever; nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place; I should hardly think of the answer I had before... | |
 | Alvin Plantinga - Philosophy - 1977 - 132 pages
...there, I might possibly answer, that for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place, I should hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
 | Martha McMackin Garland, Martha M. Garland - Education - 1980 - 216 pages
...stone and were asked how the stone came to be there, I might possibly answer that for anything I know to the contrary it had lain there forever; nor would...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place, I should hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
 | L. Russ Bush - Religion - 1983 - 412 pages
...there; I might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place: I should hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
 | P. C. W. Davies - Religion - 1984 - 276 pages
...there: I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever; nor would it, perhaps, be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place.... | |
 | Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research - Mathematics - 1987 - 324 pages
...there: I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever; nor would it, perhaps, be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place.... | |
 | Kelly James Clark - Philosophy - 1990 - 172 pages
...there, I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever; nor would it, perhaps, be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place,... | |
 | John Howland Campbell, J. William Schopf - Medical - 1994 - 132 pages
...stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there: I might possibly answer, that for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever: nor...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place; I should hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
 | William Lane Craig - Religion - 1994 - 354 pages
...stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there; I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary it had lain there forever: nor...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place; I should hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
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I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever ; nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place : I should... 
