“Against filling the Heavens with fluid Mediums, unless they be exceeding rare, a great Objection arises from the regular and very lasting Motions of the Planets and Comets in all manner of Courses through the Heavens.” ScienceCoursesHeavenPlanetsAriseMediumsLastingFillingFluidObjectionsComets Book:Isaaci Newtoni Opera quae exstant omnia Source: Isaaci Newtoni Opera quae exstant omnia
“The movement of comets is part of the ordinary works of nature which, without regard to the happiness or misery of mankind, are transported from one part of the heavens to another by virtue of the general laws of motion.” LawHeavenVirtueAtheismMankindMovementOrdinaryRegardMiseryPositive AtheismCometsLaws Of Motion Author:Pierre Bayle