Creation of the world

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God in the Beginning form'd Matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable Particles, of such Sizes and Figures, and with such other Properties, and in such Proportion to Space, as most conduced to the End for which he form'd them.

Isaac Newton

Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light

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Atomism Creation of the world God and creation

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Isaac Newton

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Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light

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Treatise

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Scientific literature

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English

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1704 1700s 18th century

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Newton, Isaac. Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1704, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 31.

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Newton, Isaac. Opticks. Dover Publications, 2012, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 31.

And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:21

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Nature of the world Creation of the world Creation The world

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Genesis The Bible

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Hebrew

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1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 1:21).

Thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Revelation 4:11

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Creation of the world

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Revelation The Bible

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Greek

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96 90s 1st century

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Revelation 4:11).

This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being... This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont, to be called Lord God παντοκρατωρ or Universal Ruler.

Isaac Newton

Principia

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Origin of the universe Creation of the world Creation God

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Isaac Newton

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Principia

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Scientific literature

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Latin

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1713 1710s 18th century

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Age of Enlightenment

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Newton, Isaac. Scholium Generale. [General Scolium]. Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica [The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy] vol. 2. London: Benjamin Motte, 1729.

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Newton, Isaac. "General Scolium." The Principia, translated by Andrew Motte. Prometheus, 1995.

And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:5

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Creation of the universe Creation of the world

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 1:5).

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1

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Beginning of time Origin of the universe Creation of the world Creation The world

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Genesis The Bible

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1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Genesis 1:1).

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

God

Job 38:4

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Creation of the world God and man

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God

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Book of Job The Bible

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Religious literature

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Question

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Hebrew

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500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 38:4).

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

Douglas Adams

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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Origin of the universe Beginning of time Creation of the world The universe

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Douglas Adams

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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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Radio broadcast Novel

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Science fiction

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Opening lines Joke

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English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

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Adams, Douglas. "Fit the Fifth." The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Primary Phase. BBC Radio 4, London, England, UK, 5 Apr. 1978.

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Adams, Douglas. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Pan Books, 1980, ch. 1.

Before heaven and earth had taken form all was vague and amorphous. Therefore it was called the Great Beginning. The Great Beginning produced emptines and emptiness produced the universe... The combined essences of heaven and earth became the yin and yang, the concentrated essences of the yin and yang became the four seasons, and the scattered essences of the four seasons became the myriad creatures of the world.

Huainanzi

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Origin of the universe Creation of the world

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Huainanzi

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Philosophical literature

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Chinese

Time

139 BC 130s BC 2nd century BC

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Huainanzi. c. 139 BC, essay 2, sect. 7.

Current Citation

The Huainanzi, edited and translated by John S. Major, Sarah A. Queen, et. al. Columbia University Press, 2010, essay 2, sect. 7.

Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

Genesis 1:3

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Light Creation of the world Creation

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Genesis The Bible

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 1:3).

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

Genesis 1:16

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The sun The moon Creation of the world

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Genesis The Bible

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1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 1:16).

Have not the unbelievers then beheld that the heavens and the earth were a mass all sewn up, and then We unstitched them and of water fashioned every living thing? Will they not believe?

Muhammad

The Quran

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Creation of the world

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Muhammad

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The Quran

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Religious literature

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Arabic

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632 630s 7th century

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The Quran. c. 630, 21:30.

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The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 21.

When the stars threw down their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

William Blake

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Creation of the world Stars

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William Blake

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The Tyger

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Poem

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Question

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English

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1794 1790s 18th century

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Blake, William. "The Tyger." Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. London, 1794.

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Blake, William. "The Tyger." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Through him all things were made.

John 1:3

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Creation of the world

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Gospel of John The Bible

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90 90s 1st century

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 1:3).

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible.

Colossians 1:16

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Creation of the world

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Colossians The Bible

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Greek

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62 60s 1st century

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Colossians 1:16).