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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) |
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) |