"God may rationally be supposed to have framed……" — Robert Boyle

"God may rationally be supposed to have framed so great and admirable an automaton as the world, for several ends and purposes."

— Robert Boyle

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65 Quotes by Robert Boyle

Robert Boyle has 65 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If the omniscient author of nature knew that the study of his works tends to make men disbelieve his Being…
Acid Salts have the Power of Destroying the Blewness of the Infusion of our Wood [lignum nephreticum], and those Liquors…
If the juices of the body were more chymically examined, especially by a naturalist, that knows the ways of making…
And when with excellent Microscopes I discern in otherwise invisible Objects the Inimitable Subtlety of Nature's Curious Workmanship; And when,…
The veneration, wherewith Men are imbued for what they call Nature, has been a discouraging impediment to the Empire of…
But the World being once fram'd, and the course of Nature establish'd, the Naturalist, (except in some few cases, where…
God [is] the author of the universe, and the free establisher of the laws of motion.
The book of nature is a fine and large piece of tapestry rolled up, which we are not able to…
Nature always looks out for the preservation of the universe.
It is my intent to beget a good understanding between the chymists and the mechanical philosophers who have hitherto been…
I think myself obliged, whatever my private apprehensions may be of the success, to do my duty, and leave events…
God would not have made the universe as it is unless He intended us to understand it.

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More Admirable Quotes

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This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically… — Mortimer Adler
I like the fact that Melbourne always seems to support their chefs and promote them in ways I find really… — Anthony Bourdain
A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own… — Anita Brookner
One of the admirable features of British novelists is that they have no scruple about setting their stories in foreign… — James Buchan
Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret. — Albert Camus
McDonald's is almost 50 years old. For 47 years we had a pretty consistent track record of being able to… — Jim Cantalupo
I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it. — Lord Chesterfield
I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis… — Stephen Ambrose
Humility counts for much, but it may be that vanity does not dispossess that admirable quality. — Walter J. Phillips
Still, even the most admirable of atheists is nothing more than a moral parasite, living his life based on borrowed… — Theodore Beale
Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark.… — Thomas de Quincey

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