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From "On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection: Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life" by Darwin, Charles
William Whewell
Influential philosopher and theologian whose Bridgewater Treatise is quoted by Darwin.
Core Belief
"Divine power operates through the establishment of general laws rather than through insulated interpositions."
Worldview
The universe is a testament to God's wisdom and design, and scientific inquiry is a means of understanding His divine order.
Personality
A proponent of natural theology, believing in the existence of a rational and ordered universe governed by divine laws. He is both a scientist and a religious thinker.
In Their Own Words
"But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this—we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of general laws."
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