Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Isaac Newton

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Truth

Speaker

Isaac Newton

Language

English

Time

1680 1680s 17th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Mathematician Physicist Scientist

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Citation

Newton, Isaac. "Rules for Methodising/Construing the Apocalyps." Untitled Treatise on Revelation, c. 1680s, rule 9.

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