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Isaac Newton Quote
 | “The Prophecies of Daniel are all of them related to one another, as if they were but several parts of one general Prophecy, given at several times. The first is the easiest to be understood, and every following Prophecy adds something new to the former.” ―Isaac Newton Source/Notes: Vol. I, Ch. 3: Of the vision of the Image composed of four Metals - Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John (1733) |
| Source/Notes: Letter to Robert Hooke (15 February 1676). Variant: "If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants." |
| “Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.” ―Isaac Newton Source/Notes: A short Schem of the true Religion (undated manuscript) |
| Source/Notes: Newton's response, whenever Edmond Halley would say anything disrespectful of religion. As quoted in: The Life of Sir Isaac Newton (1831) by Sir David Brewster |
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Isaac Newton
Born: December 25, 1642
Died: March 20, 1727 (aged 84)
Nationality: English
Occupation: Mathematician
Bio: Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist and theologian, who has been considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived. His monograph Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, lays the foundations for most of classical mechanics.
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