“All material Things seem to have been composed of the hard and solid Particles ... variously associated with the first Creation by the Counsel of an intelligent Agent. For it became him who created them to set them in order: and if he did so, it is unphilosophical to seek for any other Origin of the World, or to pretend that it might arise out of a Chaos by the mere Laws of Nature.” IfsWorldFirstsHas BeensHardSeemsMightLawScienceOrderNatureNaturalCreationMaterialsIntelligentMereChaosAriseAgentsLaws Of NatureParticlesMaterial Things Book:Isaac Newton: Philosophical Writings Source: Isaac Newton: Philosophical Writings
“The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with the laws of nature, and those rules are supposed coeval with reason, of which the first rise cannot be discovered.” FirstsReasonLawAuthorityLaws Of NaturePrescriptionsVeneration Book:The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752 Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752