I saw the infinite, all-knowing and all-powerful God from behind as he went away, and I grew dizzy. I followed his footsteps over nature's fields and saw everywhere an eternal wisdom and power, an inscrutable perfection.
Biological taxonomy
A profound spiritual and scientific reflection on observing God through nature, from 'Systema Naturae' (1735).
1735
Found in 1 providers: gemini
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"God created, Linnaeus arranged. It is astonishing how many new species are discovered every day."
Shocking"The Creator's hand is visible in every part of creation."
Shocking"The calyx is the marriage bed, the corolla the bed-curtains, the filaments the spermatic vessels, the anthers the testes, the pollen the semen, the pistil the vagina, the ovary the uterus, the ovules …"
Shocking"I have done more for the advancement of natural history than anyone else."
Shocking"The number of species is fixed and unchanging."
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