Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
Laws of motion and gravity
A statement on the limits of scientific explanation and the role of a divine creator.
Approximate, aligns with his philosophical/theological views
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"It is the perfection of God's works that they are all done with the greatest simplicity."
Strange & Unusual"It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded."
Controversial"I have not been able to discover the cause of those properties of gravity from phenomena, and I frame no hypotheses."
Strange & Unusual"The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn."
Strange & Unusual"I was like a boy playing on the seashore."
Controversial