William Honyman Gillespie of Torbanehill, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., F.G.S.I., etc., etc. Scottish metaphysical theist : author of "The argument, a priori, for the being and the attributes of the Lord God, the absolute one and first cause," "The necessary existence of God" etc., etc. /
Urquhart, James,F.S.A. (Scot),author.
Foreword / Rev. Professor Mackintosh -- Prologue -- Gillespie's forebears -- Gillespie from 1808 to his later years -- The origin and development of the argument -- The argument, viz.: the divisions of the argument -- The propositions of the argument -- Indication of the lines on which the argument is demonstrated -- Table of subsidiary topics in the argument alphabetically arranged -- The argument submitted in an abridged and simple form -- Gillespie's exposition or paraphrase and comment regarding the argument -- The influence of the argument -- Observations regarding the argument -- Criticisms of the argument -- Gillespie as a lay theologian; with index of illustrations appended -- Gillespie's writings so far as known -- Glossary of certain words and phrases in Gillespie's writings -- The famous Torbanehill mineral case -- Gillespie's later years -- Mrs. Gillespie (his widow) -- Mrs. Gillespie's trustees.
Gillespie, William Honyman, 1808-1875.
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