The Christian philosopher
Subtitle: a collection of the best discoveries in nature, with religious improvements.
Publisher: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Gainesville, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Natural theology -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: The prominent Puritan clergyman Cotton Mather published The Christian Philosopher in 1721. This work was intended to demonstrate the harmony between science and religion. Mather surveyed all the known sciences from astronomy and physics to human anatomy. He presented evidence that both celestial and terrestrial phenomena imply an intelligent designer.
Notes: Reprint of the 1721 ed., with an introd. by Josephine K. Piercy.