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We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.

Isaac Newton

It seems probable to me that God, in the beginning, formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles.
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Beginning God Particle Science
Let me think – I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?
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Apple Drops Science Wonder
The moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit.
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Earth Gravity Moon Motion Orbit Science
God’ is a relative word and has a respect to servants, and ‘Deity’ is the dominion of God, not over his own body, as those imagine who fancy God to be the soul of the world, but over servants.
ISAAC NEWTON

Body God Imagination Relative Respect Servant World
I have explained the phenomena of the heavens and of our sea by the force of gravity, but I have not yet assigned a cause to gravity.
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Assign Cause Explanation Force Gravity Heaven Sea
Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.
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Distinct Divine Introduce Opinion Philosophy Religion
Centripetal force is the force by which bodies are drawn from all sides, are impelled, or in any way tend, toward some point as to a center.
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Body Force Science
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
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Further Giant Shoulder Stand
Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.
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Consist God Knowledge Love Man Worship
The instinct of brutes and insects can be the effect of nothing else than the wisdom and skill of a powerful ever-living agent.
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Agent Effect Insect Instinct Live Powerful Skill Wisdom
Absolute, true and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature flows equably without relation to anything external.
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External Flow Mathematics Nature
Nothing can be divided into more parts than it can possibly be constituted of. But matter (i.e. finite) cannot be constituted of infinite parts.
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Infinite Matter Possible Science
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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Body Calculate Funny Heaven Madness Motion People
The centre of the system of the world is immovable.
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Centre Move Science System World
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.
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False Human Nature Imagination Man Understand
God created everything by number, weight and measure.
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Creation God Number Weight

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