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. . . newton was an unquestioning believer in an all-wise creator of the universe, and in his own inability - like the boy on the seashore - to fathom the entire ocean in all its depths. he therefore believed that there were not only many things in heaven beyond his philosophy, but plenty on earth as well, and he made it his business to understand for himself what the majority of intelligent men of his time accepted without dispute (to them it was as natural as common sense) - the traditional account of the creation.

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. . . Newton Was An Unquestioning

Isaac Newton

. . . newton was an unquestioning believer in an all-wise creator of the universe, and in his own inability - like the boy on the seashore - to fathom the entire ocean in all its depths. he therefore believed that there were not only many things in heaven beyond his philosophy, but plenty on earth as well, and he made it his business to understand for himself what the majority of intelligent men of his time accepted without dispute (to them it was as natural as common sense) - the traditional account of the creation.

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Mathematics is not only real, but it is the only reality. that is that entire universe is made of matter, obviously. and matter is made of particles. it's made of electrons and neutrons and protons. so the entire universe is made out of particles. now what are the particles made out of they're not made out of anything. the only thing you can say about the reality of an electron is to cite its mathematical properties. so there's a sense in which matter has completely dissolved and what is left is just a mathematical structure.

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Ever since men became capable of free speculation, their actions, in innumerable important respects, have depended upon their theories as to the world and human life, as to what is good and what is evil. this is true in the present day as at any former time. to understand an age or a nation, we must understand its philosophy, and to understand its philosophy we must ourselves be in some degree philosophers. there is here a reciprocal causation: the circumstances of men s lives do much to determine their philosophy, but, conversely, their philosophy does much to determine their circumstances.

Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? that the earth is our mother? what befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth. this we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. all things are connected like the blood that unites us all. man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. one thing we know: our god is also your god. the earth is precious to him and to harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator.

The majority never has right on its side. never, i say! that is one of these social lies against which an independent, intelligent men must wage war. who is it that constitute the majority of the population in a country? is it the clever folk, or the stupid? i don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.

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