He saw that the autonomy of nature was a sign of God's goodness, and detected no conflict between a divinely created universe and the idea that the universe had developed over time through natural mechanisms.
El sentía que a autonomía da natureza era un signo da bondade de Deus e de que non había conflito entre o concepto dun universo creado pola divindade e a idea de que o universo podía evolucionar co tempo por medio de mecanismos naturais.