Robert Boyle Quotes on God
Robert Boyle was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, and theologian and one of the founders of the Royal Society. This page collects quotes attributed to Robert Boyle on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Robert Boyle:
“Nature is the work of God; the natural philosopher is its priest.”
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Attributed to Robert Boyle:
“All natural things are made by God for the contemplation of intelligent beings.”
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“I shall take leave to think the worse, rather of the practice of the men than of the book of God.”
Some Considerations Touching the Style of the Holy Scriptures" (1661) "Seventh Objection", as quoted in Treatises on the High Veneration Man's Intellect Owes to God: on Things Above Reason; and on The Style of the Holy Scriptures (1835) p. 182 -
“Some Considerations Touching the Style of the Holy Scriptures" (1661) "Seventh Objection", as quoted in Treatises on the High Veneration Man's Intellect Owes to God: on Things Above Reason; and on The Style of the Holy Scriptures (1835) p. 182”
I shall take leave to think the worse, rather of the practice of the men than of the book of God. -
“Doubtless, it shews the wisdom of God, to have so fram'd things at first, that there can seldom or never need any extraordinary interposition of his power; or the employing from, time to time, an intelligent overseer, to regulate, assist, and control the motions of matter.”
A Free Inquiry into the Vulgar Notion of Nature (1682) | Sect.1.