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The Existence of God

by François Fénelon

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2Section I — Metaphysical Proofs of the Existence of God Are Not Wit…
  3. 3Sect. II. Moral Proofs of the Existence of God Are Fitted to Every…
  4. 4Sect. III. Why So Few Persons Are Attentive to the Proofs Nature Af…
  5. 5Sect. IV. All Nature Shows the Existence of Its Maker
  6. 6Sect. V. Noble Comparisons Proving That Nature Shows the Existence…
  7. 7Sect. VI. Second Comparison, Drawn From the Sound of Instruments
  8. 8Sect. VII. Third Comparison, Drawn From a Statue
  9. 9Sect. VIII. Fourth Comparison, Drawn From a Picture
  10. 10Sect. IX. A Particular Examination of Nature
  11. 11Sect. X. of the General Structure of the Universe
  12. 12Sect. XI. of the Earth
  13. 13Sect. XII. of Plants
  14. 14Sect. XIII. of Water
  15. 15Sect. XIV. of the Air
  16. 16Sect. XV. of Fire
  17. 17Sect. XVI. of Heaven
  18. 18Sect. XVII. of the Sun
  19. 19Sect. XVIII. of the Stars
  20. 20Sect. XIX. of Animals, Beasts, Fowl, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and I…
  21. 21Sect. XX. Admirable Order in Which All the Bodies That Make Up the…
  22. 22Sect. XXI. Wonders of the Infinitely Little
  23. 23Sect. XXII. of the Structure or Frame of the Animal
  24. 24Sect. XXIII. of the Instinct of the Animal
  25. 25Sect. XXIV. of Food
  26. 26Sect. XXV. of Sleep
  27. 27Sect. XXVI. of Generation
  28. 28Sect. XXVII. Though Beasts Commit Some Mistakes, Yet Their Instinct…
  29. 29Sect. XXVIII. It Is Impossible Beasts Should Have Souls
  30. 30Sect. XXIX. Sentiments of Some of the Ancients Concerning the Soul…
  31. 31Sect. XXX. of Man
  32. 32Sect. XXXI. of the Structure of Man’s Body
  33. 33Sect. XXXII. of the Skin
  34. 34Sect. XXXIII. of Veins and Arteries
  35. 35Sect. XXXIV. of the Bones, and Their Jointing
  36. 36Sect. XXXV. of the Organs
  37. 37Sect. XXXVI. of the Inward Parts
  38. 38Sect. XXXVII. of the Arms and Their Use
  39. 39Sect. XXXVIII. of the Neck and Head
  40. 40Sect. XXXIX. of the Forehead and Other Parts of the Face
  41. 41Sect. XL. of the Tongue and Teeth
  42. 42Sect. XLI. of the Smell, Taste, and Hearing
  43. 43Sect. XLII. of the Proportion of Man’s Body
  44. 44Sect. XLIII. of the Soul, Which Alone, Among All Creatures, Thinks…
  45. 45Sect. XLIV. Matter Cannot Think
  46. 46Sect. XLV. of the Union of the Soul and Body, of Which God Alone Ca…
  47. 47Sect. XLVI. the Soul Has an Absolute Command Over the Body
  48. 48Sect. XLVIII. the Sovereignty of the Soul Over the Body Principally…
  49. 49Sect. XLIX. Two Wonders of the Memory and Brain
  50. 50Sect. LI. the Mind Knows the Finite Only by the Idea of the Infinite
  51. 51Sect. LII. Secondly, the Ideas of the Mind Are Universal, Eternal,…
  52. 52Sect. LIII. Weakness of Man’s Mind
  53. 53Sect. LIV. the Ideas of Man Are the Immutable Rules of His Judgment
  54. 54Sect. LV. What Man’s Reason Is
  55. 55Sect. LVI. Reason Is the Same in All Men, of All Ages and Countries
  56. 56Sect. LVII. Reason in Man Is Independent of and Above Him
  57. 57Sect. LVIII. It Is the Primitive Truth, That Lights All Minds, by C…
  58. 58Sect. LXI. New Sensible Notices of the Deity in Man, Drawn From the…
  59. 59Sect. LXIII. Dependence and Independence of Man. His Dependence Pro…
  60. 60Sect. LXIV. Good Will Cannot Proceed but From a Superior Being
  61. 61Sect. LXVI. of Man’s Liberty
  62. 62Sect. LXVII. Man’s Liberty Consists in That His Will by Determining…
  63. 63Sect. LXVIII. Will May Resist Grace, and Its Liberty Is the Foundat…
  64. 64Sect. LXIX. A Character of the Deity, Both in the Dependence and In…
  65. 65Sect. LXX. the Seal and Stamp of the Deity in His Works
  66. 66Sect. LXXI. Objection of the Epicureans, Who Ascribe Everything to…
  67. 67Sect. LXXII. Answer to the Objection of the Epicureans, Who Ascribe…
  68. 68Sect. LXXIV. Another Objection of the Epicureans Drawn From the Ete…
  69. 69Sect. LXXV. Answers to the Objection of the Epicureans Drawn From t…
  70. 70Sect. LXXVI. the Epicureans Confound the Works of Art With Those of…
  71. 71Sect. LXXVII. the Epicureans Take Whatever They Please for Granted,…
  72. 72Sect. LXXVIII. the Suppositions of the Epicureans Are False and Chi…
  73. 73Sect. LXXIX. It Is Falsely Supposed That Motion Is Essential to Bodies
  74. 74Sect. LXXX. the Rules of Motion, Which the Epicureans Suppose Do No…
  75. 75Sect. LXXXI. to Give a Satisfactory Account of Motion We Must Recur…
  76. 76Sect. LXXXIII. the Epicureans Can Draw No Consequence From All Thei…
  77. 77Sect. LXXXIV. Atoms Cannot Make Any Compound by the Motion the Epic…
  78. 78Sect. LXXXIX. the Defects of the Universe Compared With Those of a…
  79. 79Sect. XC. We Must Necessarily Conclude That There Is a First Being…
  80. 80Sect. XCII. A Prayer to God

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