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'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Paley, William (1743-1805)}}'''. English ecclesiastic. Educated at Christ’s College, Cambridge; senior wrangler, 1763; College lecturer, 1766. Installed as prebendary at Carlisle, 1780, and appointed, 1782, archdeacon thereof. Wrote a number of works among which are: ''Horae Paulinae'' (1790), his most original book which was, however, the least successful; *''A View of the Evidences of Christianity'' (1794; Philad., 1795; 12th ed., London, 1807; latest ed., 1860), whose brilliant success secured him ample preferment; it is a compendium of a whole library of arguments produced by the orthodox opponents of the deists of the 18th century. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Paley, William (1743-1805)}}'''. English ecclesiastic. Educated at Christ’s College, Cambridge; senior wrangler, 1763; College lecturer, 1766. Installed as prebendary at Carlisle, 1780, and appointed, 1782, archdeacon thereof. Wrote a number of works among which are: ''Horae Paulinae'' (1790), his most original book which was, however, the least successful; *''A View of the Evidences of Christianity'' (1794; Philad., 1795; 12th ed., London, 1807; latest ed., 1860), whose brilliant success secured him ample preferment; it is a compendium of a whole library of arguments produced by the orthodox opponents of the deists of the 18th century. | ||
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'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Paley, William (1743-1805)}}'''. *''A View of the Evidences of Christianity'', 1794; also Philadelphia, 1795; latest ed., 1860. See Vol. Ill, p. 517, for biogr. data. | |||
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|author = Boris de Zirkoff | |||
|title = H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings | |||
|detail = vol. 4, p. 662 | |||
|link = Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#662 | |||
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Zirkoff, Boris
Paley, William (1743-1805). English ecclesiastic. Educated at Christ’s College, Cambridge; senior wrangler, 1763; College lecturer, 1766. Installed as prebendary at Carlisle, 1780, and appointed, 1782, archdeacon thereof. Wrote a number of works among which are: Horae Paulinae (1790), his most original book which was, however, the least successful; *A View of the Evidences of Christianity (1794; Philad., 1795; 12th ed., London, 1807; latest ed., 1860), whose brilliant success secured him ample preferment; it is a compendium of a whole library of arguments produced by the orthodox opponents of the deists of the 18th century.
Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 3, p. 517
Paley, William (1743-1805). *A View of the Evidences of Christianity, 1794; also Philadelphia, 1795; latest ed., 1860. See Vol. Ill, p. 517, for biogr. data.
Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 4, p. 662