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.
ISAAC NEWTONAre not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
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You have to make the rules, not follow them.
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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
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The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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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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We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.
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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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Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
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To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.
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Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
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Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
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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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What goes up must come down.
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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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