According to Greek philosopher Aristotle: Aristotle fourth century BCE.

A similar description appears: Pliny the Elder first century CE. Can be downloaded from www.perseus.tufts.edu.

The famous Roman orator: Cicero 45 BCE.

precisely the line of reasoning adopted by Paley: Paley 1802. William Paley (1743–1805) published an influential book entitled Natural Theology, in which he contrasted a natural rock with a watch. Ironically, through radiometric dating (see chapter 5), rocks can determine the age of the Earth—a much longer time interval than that ever measured by any watchmaker’s clock.

The first edition of Darwin’s book: There are, of course, numerous printings of The Origin. Two that I found particularly attractive are The Annotated Origin, annotated by James T. Costa (Darwin 2009), and one reprinted in facsimile with an introduction by Ernst Mayr (Darwin 1964).