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10 December 1692

Isaac NewtonKorrents 10 Dec 1692

From one piece Letter to Richard Bentley, 10 December 1692 3 beliefs · newtonproject.ox.ac.uk

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The planets' present motions could not come from natural causes alone but were impressed by an intelligent agent

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To your second Query I answer that the motions which the Planets now have could not spring from any naturall cause alone but were imprest by an intelligent Agent.

Letter to Richard Bentley, 10 December 1692newtonproject.ox.ac.uk
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Whatever service his work did was due to nothing but industry and patient thought

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But if I have done the publick any service this way 'tis due to nothing but industry & a patient thought.

Letter to Richard Bentley, 10 December 1692newtonproject.ox.ac.uk
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He wrote the Principia with an eye to principles that would bring thinking people to believe in a God

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When I wrote my treatise about our Systeme I had an eye upon such Principles as might work with considering men for the beleife of a Deity & nothing can rejoyce me more then to find it usefull for that purpose

Letter to Richard Bentley, 10 December 1692newtonproject.ox.ac.uk

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