abstract:William Paley (July 1743 – 25 May 1805) was an English Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian. He is best known for his exposition of the teleological argument for the existence of God in his work Natural Theology, which made use of the watchmaker analogy (also see natural theology).
He paid them well. William Paley was always looking for people with special skills.
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Murrow, who was inventing broadcast journalism during the second World War by breaking many of the traditional rules, had CBS rule-maker William S. Paley as his partner.
"Boy Leading a Horse" went to MoMA after the death of William S. Paley in 1990, and the Fifth Avenue apartment is now the Manhattan home of French financier Michel David-Weill.