Number: a Link Between Divine Intelligence and Human. an Argument

Number: A Link Between Divine Intelligence And Human. An Argument by Charles Girdlestone. This 1876 philosophical treatise argues that the precise and universal laws governing the natural world—such as the numerical law of gravitation, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, and the law of definite proportions in chemistry—reflect an intelligent design and a divine Mind. Girdlestone maintains that Number is a foundational tool of scientific inquiry and that the faculty of calculation is unique to humanity, linking human intellect with the divine. The work proceeds through sections on the invariability of number, the numerical law of gravitation, Kepler's laws, the universality of these laws, and the chemical law of definite proportions, among others. The author argues that such universal, law-like order implies a singular Lawgiver, and posits a link between human thought and the divine, making Number a bridge between the human and the divine.