"Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion."
"Nature is very consonant and conformable with herself."
Source: David Brewster, Isaac Newton (1855). “Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton”, p.348
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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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