We are to admit no more causes of natural things …– Isaac Newton
We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.
We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.
Infinites, when considered absolutely without any restriction or limitation, are neither equal nor unequal, nor have any certain proportion one to another, and therefore, the
Absolute space, in its own nature, without regard to anything external, remains always similar and immovable. Relative space is some movable dimension or measure of
Fidelity and allegiance sworn to the King is only such a fidelity and obedience as is due to him by the law of the land;
In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.
To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.
An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.
The ancients considered mechanics in a twofold respect: as rational, which proceeds accurately by demonstration, and practical. To practical mechanics all the manual arts belong,
In experimental philosophy, we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, notwithstanding any contrary hypotheses
We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.
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