Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.

Isaac Newton

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Gravity God Origin of the universe Science and religion

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Isaac Newton

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English

Time

1702 1700s 18th century

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Mathematician Physicist Scientist

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Citation

Newton, Isaac. A New and Most Accurate Theory of the Moon's Motion. London: A. Baldwin, 1702.

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The alteration of motion is ever proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.

Isaac Newton

Principia

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Newton's laws of motion Laws of physics

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Isaac Newton
Source
Principia
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
Latin
Time
1687 1680s 17th century
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Original Citation

Newton, Isaac. "Axiomata sive Leges Motus: [Axioms, or Laws of Motion]." Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica [The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy], vol. 1. London: Josephi Streater, 1687, law 2.

Current Citation

Newton, Isaac. "Axioms, or the Laws of Motion." The Principia, translated by Andrew Motte. Prometheus, 1995, law 2.

Another quote from the 1700s

The end must justify the means.

Matthew Prior

Hans Carvel

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Topic
Moral theory Justifications and rationales

Author

Matthew Prior
Source
Hans Carvel
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
English
Time
1700 1700s 17th century
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Citation

Prior, Matthew. Hans Carvel. c. 1700.

Another quote about God

God is stupidity and cowardice; God is hypocrisy and falsehood. God is tyranny and poverty; God is evil. For as long as men bow before altars, mankind will remain damned, the slaves of kings and priests.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

The System of Economic Contradictions

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Nature of God God

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Source
The System of Economic Contradictions
Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
French
Time
1846 1840s 19th century
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Citation

Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph. Systeme des contradictions economiques ou Philosophie de la misere [The System of Economic Contractictions, or Philosophy of Misery]. Paris: Chez Guilla umin et Cie, 1846, ch. 8.