"A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding."

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Source: Sir Isaac Newton (1950). “Theological Manuscripts: Selected and Edited with an Introd. by H. McLachlan”

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Isaac Newton

Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer

Isaac Newton was a mathematician and physicist known for formulating the laws of motion and universal gravitation, pivotal in the scientific revolution.

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