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 NEWTONReligion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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Every particle of matter is attracted by or gravitates to every other particle of matter with a force inversely proportional to the squares of their distances.
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Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.
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Christ comes as a thief in the night, & it is not for us to know the times & seasons which God hath put into his own breast.
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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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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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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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Hypotheses non fingo. I frame no hypotheses.
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If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render all objections invalid.
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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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I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
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It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.
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Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.
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The motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent agent.
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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 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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