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  2. Religious views of Isaac Newton - Wikipedia

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    Newton was born into an Anglican family three months after the death of his father, a prosperous farmer also named Isaac Newton. When Newton was three, his mother married the rector of the neighbouring parish of North Witham and went to live with her new husband, the Reverend Barnabas Smith, leaving her son in the care of his maternal grandmother, Margery Ayscough. [9]

  3. Standing on the shoulders of giants - Wikipedia

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    The quote is most often attributed to Sir Isaac Newton in a letter to his rival, Robert Hooke. Isaac Newton remarked in a letter to his rival Robert Hooke written in 5 February 1675 and published in 1855: What Des-Cartes did was a good step. You have added much several ways, & especially in taking the colours of thin plates into philosophical ...

  4. An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture

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    Ebenezer Henderson The Great Mystery of Godliness Incontrovertible; or, Sir Isaac Newton and the Socinians foiled in the attempt to prove a corruption in the text, 1 Tim. III. 16, [theòs ephanerōthē en sarki]: containing a review of the charges brought against the passage; an examination of the various readings; and a confirmation of that in ...

  5. Notes on the Jewish Temple - Wikipedia

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    Notes on the Jewish Temple is a manuscript by Isaac Newton, written in Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, which holds notes on the Jewish Temple and its rituals. Today the manuscript is found in the collections of the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem .

  6. Natural-law argument - Wikipedia

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    The argument was popularised by Isaac Newton, René Descartes, and Robert Boyle. [2] The argument of natural laws as a basis for God was changed by Christian figures such as Thomas Aquinas, in order to fit biblical scripture and establish a Judeo-Christian teleological law.

  7. List of Latin phrases (N) - Wikipedia

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    Sir Isaac Newton's famous quote, defining foundation of all modern sciences. Can be found in his Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton: A selection from the Portsmouth Collection in the University Library, Cambridge, 1978 edition [2] naturalia non sunt turpia: What is natural is not dirty

  8. Isaac Newton - Wikipedia

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    Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27 [a]) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher. [5] Newton was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed. [6]

  9. Watchmaker analogy - Wikipedia

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    [3] For Sir Isaac Newton, "the regular motion of the planets made it reasonable to believe in the continued existence of God". [8] Newton also upheld the idea that "like a watchmaker, God was forced to intervene in the universe and tinker with the mechanism from time to time to ensure that it continued operating in good working order".