Richard Bentley
(27 Jan 1662 - 14 Jul 1742)

British clergyman.

Science Quotes by Richard Bentley (1)

The Atoms or Particles, which now constitute Heaven and Earth, being once separate and diffused in the Mundane Space, like the supposed Chaos, could never without a God by their Mechanical affections have convened into this present Frame of Things or any other like it.
— Richard Bentley
A Confutation of Atheism from the Origin and Frame of the World. (1693), Part II, 7.
See also:  |  Atom (85)  |  Chaos (22)  |  Earth (93)  |  Heaven (18)


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