Project Gutenberg 2014-11-08 Public domain in the USA. 325 Jackson, William The Philosophy of Natural Theology An Essay in confutation of the scepticism of the present day Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Philosophy of Natural Theology" by William Jackson is a philosophical essay written in the late 19th century. The work was developed as a prize-winning essay at Oxford, confuting contemporary materialism and skepticism through the lens of natural theology. It discusses the existence of a Supreme Being and the implications of moral responsibility intertwined with human existence. The opening of the essay lays the groundwork for Jackson’s exploration of two fundamental human inquiries: the existence of a future life and the belief in a Supreme Being. He frames these questions as essential to human thought and societal well-being, illustrating that the instinctual belief in immortality and a higher moral authority is intrinsic across cultures. Jackson then critiques modern skepticism by presenting arguments that counter materialism, emphasizing the interplay between external observations of the universe and internal moral consciousness, setting up a methodical approach to explore these topics meaningfully. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 56.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Religion and science Natural theology Religion -- Philosophy BL Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 1171094 2025-07-19T06:09:20.554572 text/html 1168358 2024-10-24T12:10:10 text/html 481007 2025-07-19T06:09:33.835528 application/epub+zip 500493 2025-07-19T06:09:22.500570 application/epub+zip 500492 2025-07-19T06:09:21.525595 application/epub+zip 809311 2025-07-19T06:09:41.929502 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 765895 2025-07-19T06:09:32.754580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 766037 2022-09-21T13:31:42.210517 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1016793 2025-07-19T06:09:18.773623 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 996873 2024-10-24T12:10:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16960 2025-07-19T06:09:42.066460 application/rdf+xml 10293 2025-07-19T06:09:21.660579 image/jpeg 2021 2025-07-19T06:09:21.593570 image/jpeg 446896 2025-07-19T06:09:20.639562 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog