Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- DISCOURSE I A SKETCH OF THE MODERN ASTRONOMY
- DISCOURSE II THE MODESTY OF TRUE SCIENCE
- DISCOURSE III ON THE EXTENT OF THE DIVINE CONDESCENSION
- DISCOURSE IV ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF MAN'S MORAL HISTORY IN THE DISTANT PLACES OF CREATION
- DISCOURSE V ON THE SYMPATHY THAT IS FELT FOR MAN IN THE DISTANT PLACES OF CREATION
- DISCOURSE VI ON THE CONTEST FOR AN ASCENDENCY OVER MAN, AMONGST THE HIGHER ORDERS OF INTELLIGENCE
- DISCOURSE VII ON THE SLENDER INFLUENCE OF MERE TASTE AND SENSIBILITY, IN MATTERS OF RELIGION
- APPENDIX
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- DISCOURSE I A SKETCH OF THE MODERN ASTRONOMY
- DISCOURSE II THE MODESTY OF TRUE SCIENCE
- DISCOURSE III ON THE EXTENT OF THE DIVINE CONDESCENSION
- DISCOURSE IV ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF MAN'S MORAL HISTORY IN THE DISTANT PLACES OF CREATION
- DISCOURSE V ON THE SYMPATHY THAT IS FELT FOR MAN IN THE DISTANT PLACES OF CREATION
- DISCOURSE VI ON THE CONTEST FOR AN ASCENDENCY OVER MAN, AMONGST THE HIGHER ORDERS OF INTELLIGENCE
- DISCOURSE VII ON THE SLENDER INFLUENCE OF MERE TASTE AND SENSIBILITY, IN MATTERS OF RELIGION
- APPENDIX
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- A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connection with the Modern Astronomy , pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1817