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/nˈætʃərəl θiˈɑlədʒi/ Listen

Natural theology

noun

A theology that holds that knowledge of God can be acquired by human reason without the aid of divine revelation.

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... were held to belong to "natural theology" which the philosophers gathered from their study of the world and taught in the schools: while the other, relating to the worship of men, was said to belong to "mythical theology" which was wont to be represented on the stage according ...

— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas

... argument in natural theology proceeds upon the ground that the inference for a final cause of the structure of the hand and of the valves in the veins is just as valid now, in individuals produced through natural generation, as it would have been in the case of the first ...

— Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays • Thomas H. Huxley

... understand Providence. Providence likes to be tempted. Thats the secret of the successful man. Read Browning. Natural theology on an island, eh? Caliban was afraid to tempt Providence: that was why he was never able to get even with Prospero. What did Prospero do? Prospero didnt even tempt Providence: he was Providence. Thats one of Tarleton's ideas; and dont you ...

— Misalliance • George Bernard Shaw

... Study of Natural History Superstition Science Thoughts in a Gravel-Pit How to Study Natural History The Natural Theology of ...

— Scientific Essays and Lectures • Charles Kingsley

... can be no objection that he hath ventured to differ from them in this particular, though in other respects he professeth to imitate their manner and conform to their opinions; for, in these great points of natural theology, they differ no less remarkably among themselves, and are perpetually confounding the philosophical relations of things with the traditionary circumstances of mythic history; upon which very account Callimachus, in his hymn to Jupiter, declareth ...

— Poetical Works of Akenside - [Edited by George Gilfillan] • Mark Akenside

... in his Natural Theology, and then gather his peas for dinner, very likely gathering some hint for his work at the same time. He would converse with his classical neighbour, Mr. Yates, or he would reply to his invitation that he could not come, for that he was ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12, - Issue 343, November 29, 1828 • Various

Words linked to "Natural theology" : theology, theological system