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Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

A work by Isaac Newton, first published in 1687

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  • What korrents draws from it

    The system of sun, planets and comets could only come from an intelligent and powerful Being, We know the attributes of things, never their real substance, I frame no hypotheses about the cause of gravity: whatever is not deduced from the phenomena is a hypothesis …

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Key facts

First published
16873
Edition korrents quotes
tr. Andrew Motte, 1729; 1846 edition4
Claims on korrents
91

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. The system of sun, planets and comets could only come from an intelligent and powerful Being (opens korrents.com)1

  2. We know the attributes of things, never their real substance (opens korrents.com)1

  3. I frame no hypotheses about the cause of gravity: whatever is not deduced from the phenomena is a hypothesis (opens korrents.com)1

  4. It is enough that gravity really exists, acts by the laws explained, and accounts for the motions of the heavens and the sea (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Admit no more causes of natural things than are both true and sufficient to explain them (opens korrents.com)2

  6. Nature is pleased with simplicity and has no use for superfluous causes (opens korrents.com)2

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Sources

  1. The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Book III (tr. Andrew Motte, 1729; 1846 edition) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Book III (tr. Andrew Motte, 1729; 1846 edition) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  3. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Q205921 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)
  4. The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Book III (tr. Andrew Motte, 1729; 1846 edition) (en.wikisource.org) (opens en.wikisource.org)

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