The synthesis consists in assuming the Causes discovered and established as Principles, and by them explaining the Phænomena proceeding from them, and proving the explanations.
ISAAC NEWTONThe moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
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Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.
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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.
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God is the same God, always and everywhere. He is omnipresent not virtually only, but also substantially, for virtue cannot subsist without substance.
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I understood. I have understood. I do understand.
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An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.
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He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.
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Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
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Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
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To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
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Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done!
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You have to make the rules, not follow them.
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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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My principal method for defeating error and heresy is by establishing the truth. One purposes to fill a bushel with tares, but if I can fill it first with wheat, I may defy his attempts.
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The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.
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I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light.
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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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I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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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.
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What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.
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Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.
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If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
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We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.
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The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn.
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