Wolfgang Philipp, “Physicotheology in the age of Enlightenment: appearance and history.” Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century 57 (1967): 1233-1267.
I read this article earlier in the day, and it is horrific. This is one of the single worst written things I’ve ever read. I’m pretty sure that it was originally written in French and then translated into English. However, the journal publishes primarily French articles, so I don’t know why this was necessary. Whatever the reason, the sentences are extremely short and grammatically flawed. Most of the article consists of lists of books on Natural Theology without any useful commentary, and the author never actually proposes or makes any argument. In short, never read this.
