This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being... This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont, to be called Lord God παντοκρατωρ or Universal Ruler.

Isaac Newton

Principia

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Origin of the universe Creation of the world Creation God

Author

Isaac Newton

Source

Principia

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

Latin

Time

1713 1710s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Mathematician Physicist Scientist

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Newton, Isaac. Scholium Generale. [General Scolium]. Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica [The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy] vol. 2. London: Benjamin Motte, 1729.

Current Citation

Newton, Isaac. "General Scolium." The Principia, translated by Andrew Motte. Prometheus, 1995.

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Another quote by Isaac Newton

God in the Beginning form'd Matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable Particles, of such Sizes and Figures, and with such other Properties, and in such Proportion to Space, as most conduced to the End for which he form'd them.

Isaac Newton

Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light

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Atomism Creation of the world God and creation

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Isaac Newton
Source
Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
English
Time
1704 1700s 18th century
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Original Citation

Newton, Isaac. Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1704, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 31.

Current Citation

Newton, Isaac. Opticks. Dover Publications, 2012, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 31.

Another quote from the 1710s

A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again.

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Criticism

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Topic
Downsides of education Education Ignorance

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Alexander Pope
Source
An Essay on Criticism
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1711 1710s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pope, Alexander, [published anonymously]. "An Essay on Criticism." London: W. Lewis, 1711, pt. 2, l. 215-218.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Criticism." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2, I. 215-218.

Another quote about God

For I am the Lord, I change not.

Malachi 3:6

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Nature of God God
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Malachi The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
424 BC 420s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Malachi 3:6).

Another quote from Age of Enlightenment

No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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State of nature Barbarism Civilization

Author

Thomas Hobbes
Source
Leviathan
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1651 1650s 17th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 1, ch. 13.

Current Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 1, ch. 13.

Another quote originally in Latin

The social progress, order, security and peace of each country are necessarily connected with the social progress, order, security and peace of all other countries.

Pope John XXIII

Pacem in Terris

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Interconnectedness of all people International politics

Author

Pope John XXIII
Source
Pacem in Terris
Medium
Letter
Genre
Papal encyclical Religious literature
Language
Latin
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Pope John XXIII. "Pacem in Terris [Peace on Earth]." Litterae Encyclicae [Encyclical Letter]. 11 Apr. 1963, pt. 4.