William Paley, born in 1743 and died in 1805, was an English Anglican clergyman, philosopher, abolitionist and utilitarian, at times called a Christian apologist by his critics. He is best known for his natural theology exposition of the teleological argument for the existence of God in his 1802 work Natural Theology, which made use of the watchmaker analogy. He graduated from Cambridge as senior wrangler in 1763, and his lectures on moral philosophy there formed the basis of his book The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, published in 1785.
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He is best known for his natural theology exposition of the teleological argument for the existence of God in his 1802 work Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, which made use
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William Paley (July 1743-25 May 1805) was an English Anglican clergyman, philosopher, abolitionist and utilitarian.
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Later, William Paley, in his 1802 Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity published a
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