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1、oxfordworld’sclassicsNATURALTHEOLOGYWilliamPaleywasborninPeterboroughin1743.Hisfatherwasaclergymanwhobecameaheadmaster.In1759hewenttoChrist’sCollege,Cambridge,wherehewonscholarshipsandprizes,andgraduatedasSeniorWrangler,thebeststudentofhisyearintheprestigiousmathematicalcourse.Hewasordain
2、eddeaconin1766,andelectedafellowofhiscollege.TherewithhisfriendJohnLawheundertookteaching,especiallyofmoralphil-osophy.In1775Law’sfather,Edmund,BishopofCarlisle,o?eredPaleyapostasavicar.In1776heleftCambridge,andmarriedJaneHewitt.In1785hepublishedThePrinciplesofMoralandPoliticalPhilosophy,
3、basedonhisCambridgelectures.Itsoldverywell,andmadehisnameasaclearandaccessiblewriter.HewaspromotedtobeArchdeaconofCarlisle.In1791hiswifedied,leavinghimwitheightchildrentobringup,andin1795hemarriedCatherineDobinsonashissecondwife.TheymovedtoBishopWearmouth,awell-endowedparish,wherehespentt
4、herestofhislife.PaleypublishedEvidencesofChristianityin1794anditrapidlybecameaclassic,dealingwiththeful?lmentofprophecy,miracles,andthereliabilityoftheBible.NaturalTheologyappearedin1802.Asaclassicstatementoftheargumentforintelligentdesign,itwasahugesuccess,andamajorspurtoCharlesDarwin’st
5、hinking.PaleydiedinLincolnin1805.MatthewD.EddyisLecturerintheHistoryandPhilosophyofScienceandanassociateoftheCentrefortheHistoryofMedicineandDiseaseattheUniversityofDurham.HehasmostrecentlyheldfellowshipsattheDibnerInstitute(MIT),HarvardUniversity,theMaxPlanckInstitutefortheHistoryofScien
6、ce(Berlin),andwiththeUniversityofNotreDame’sErasmusInstitute.Hehaswrittennumerousarticlesoneighteenth-andnineteenth-centuryintellectualhistory.Mostrecentlyhehasedited(withDavidM.Knight)ScienceandBeliefs:FromNaturalPhilosophytoNaturalScience,1700–1900(2005)andheiscurrentlywritingabookonthe
7、inter-actionbetweenmedicine,philosophy,andgeologyinEnlightenmentEdinburgh.DavidM.KnightisEmeritusProfessoroftheHistoryandPhilosophyofScienceattheUniversityofDurham.HehaseditedtheBritishJournalfortheHistoryofScience,andservedasPresidentoftheBritishSocietyfortheHistor
