There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.
– Cur-de-fer, in Justine, ou les Malheurs de la Vertu (1791)
He (1740-1814) is still working on the discipline he founded, sadism, and regrets he doesn’t have the time for our contest, to identify a use of the term “intelligent design” before Darwin’s letter in 1861.
We wonder if some of those 18th century guys know something.