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17025 | If a perfect being does not rule the cosmos, it is not God [Newton] |
Full Idea: A being, however perfect, without dominion is not the Lord God. | |
From: Isaac Newton (Principia Mathematica [1687], Bk 3 Gen Schol) |
12278 | 'Being' and 'oneness' are predicated of everything which exists [Aristotle] |
Full Idea: 'Being' and 'oneness' are predicated of everything which exists. | |
From: Aristotle (Topics [c.331 BCE], 121a18) | |
A reaction: Is 'oneness' predicated of water? So existence always was a predicate, it seems, until Kant told us it wasn't. That existence is a quantifier, not a predicate, seems to be up for question again these days. |
17024 | The elegance of the solar system requires a powerful intellect as designer [Newton] |
Full Idea: This most elegant system of the sun, planets, and comets could not have arisen without the design and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being. | |
From: Isaac Newton (Principia Mathematica [1687], Bk 3 Gen Schol) |