“The main Business of Natural Philosophy is to argue from Phænomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects till we come to the very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical; and not only to unfold the Mechanism of the World, but chiefly to resolve these, and to such like Questions.” WorldFirstsPhilosophyScienceCausesNaturalEffectsArguingResolveMechanismHypothesisNatural PhilosophyFeigning Book:Isaaci Newtoni Opera quae exstant omnia Source: Isaaci Newtoni Opera quae exstant omnia
“I am myself an empiric in natural philosophy, suffering my faith to go no further than my facts. I am pleased, however, to see the efforts of hypothetical speculation, because by the collisions of different hypotheses, truth may be elicited and science advanced in the end.” MayDifferentEndsPhilosophyFactsSufferingNaturalEffortHypothesisSpeculationCollisionHypotheticalNatural Philosophy Book:The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont Source: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont