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The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.

Isaac Newton

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
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.
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Body Consider Creature God Member Organ
It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.
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Experiment Number Regard Science Weight
Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
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Brain Cause Fiber Motion Nerve Photograph Vision
To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.
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Age Difficult Explanation Explore Man Task Travel
My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
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Application Inspirational Ordinary Power Success
I understood. I have understood. I do understand.
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Inspirational One Liner Understand
Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?
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Arise Beautiful Nature See World
Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.
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Friendship Prefer Truth
Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
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Confusion Finding Simplicity Truth
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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Law Man Philosophy
I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
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Myself Philosophy Slave
Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
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Assign Cause Effect Natural Possible
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
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
Hypotheses non fingo. I frame no hypotheses.
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Hypothesis

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