Robert Boyle and the Limits of Reason
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 18, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780521525220
Subjects: History of science; Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800; Science/Mathematics; Science; History; History & Surveys - Modern; Boyle, Robert, --1627-1691--Contributions in; Boyle, Robert,--1627-1691--Contributions in doctrine of the limits of human reason; Philosophy-History & Surveys - Modern; Science / History; Philosophy
First sentence: When confronted with the charge that the doctrine of Christ's Incarnation was irrational, the African Church Father Tertullian (c. 160-c. 220) cheerfully responded, "And the Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed, because it is absurd.