We are not to consider the world as the body of God: he is an uniform being, void of organs, members, or parts; and they are his creatures, subordinate to him, and subservient to his will.
Isaac Newton
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“The latest authors, like the most ancient, strove to subordinate the phenomena of nature to the laws of mathematics.” Isaac Newton
Authors, Mathematics, Nature, Science, Law, Phenomena
Isaac Newton Authors, Mathematics, Nature, Science, Law, Phenomena“The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.” Isaac Newton
Experimentation, Scientific Inquiry, Research, Knowledge, Methodology, Deduction
Isaac Newton Experimentation, Scientific Inquiry, Research, Knowledge, Methodology, Deduction“Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?” Isaac Newton
Order, Beauty, Philosophy, Nature, Existence
Isaac Newton Order, Beauty, Philosophy, Nature, Existence“A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.” Isaac Newton
Physics, Motion, Force, Inertia, Law
Isaac Newton Physics, Motion, Force, Inertia, Law“Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.” Isaac Newton
Vision, Science, Brain, Optics, Perception
Isaac Newton Vision, Science, Brain, Optics, Perception“Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.” Isaac Newton
Religion, Philosophy, Separation, Faith, Knowledge, Reason
Isaac Newton Religion, Philosophy, Separation, Faith, Knowledge, Reason“Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.” Isaac Newton
Philosophy, Lawsuits, Thought, Knowledge, Wisdom
Isaac Newton Philosophy, Lawsuits, Thought, Knowledge, Wisdom“A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.” Isaac Newton
Air, Atmosphere, Science, Physics, Gravity, Weight
Isaac Newton Air, Atmosphere, Science, Physics, Gravity, Weight“In the beginning of the year 1665, I found the method of approximating series and the rule for reducing any dignity of any binomial into such a series.” Isaac Newton
Mathematics, Science, Series, Binomial, Approximation
Isaac Newton Mathematics, Science, Series, Binomial, Approximation“Hypotheses should be subservient only in explaining the properties of things but not assumed in determining them, unless so far as they may furnish experiments.” Isaac Newton
Hypotheses, Science, Experimentation, Philosophy, Properties
Isaac Newton Hypotheses, Science, Experimentation, Philosophy, Properties“Opposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.” Isaac Newton
Atheism, Godliness, Faith, Religion, Philosophy, Belief
Isaac Newton Atheism, Godliness, Faith, Religion, Philosophy, Belief“The centre of the system of the world is immovable.” Isaac Newton
Stability, Order, Universe, Physics, Center, Motion
Isaac Newton Stability, Order, Universe, Physics, Center, Motion“The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.” Isaac Newton
Light, Vapor, Nature, Science, Illusion, Phenomenon
Isaac Newton Light, Vapor, Nature, Science, Illusion, Phenomenon“Gravity may put the planets into motion, but without the divine Power, it could never put them into such a circulating motion as they have about the Sun; and therefore, for this as well as other reasons, I am compelled to ascribe the frame of this System to an intelligent Agent.” Isaac Newton
Gravity, God, Universe, Science, Creation
Isaac Newton Gravity, God, Universe, Science, Creation“To any action there is always an opposite and equal reaction; in other words, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and always opposite in direction.” Isaac Newton
Physics, Action, Reaction, Laws, Force
Isaac Newton Physics, Action, Reaction, Laws, Force“The motions of the comets are exceedingly regular, and they observe the same laws as the motions of the planets, but they differ from the motions of vortices in every particular and are often contrary to them.” Isaac Newton
Comets, Motion, Astronomy, Laws, Science
Isaac Newton Comets, Motion, Astronomy, Laws, Science“Yet one thing secures us whatever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.” Isaac Newton
Faith, Providence, Scripture, Trust, Assurance, Spirituality
Isaac Newton Faith, Providence, Scripture, Trust, Assurance, Spirituality