Perry, v. 2- Isaac Newton- Principia Mathematica
Will Stewart
Thesis: In his Principia Mathematica, Newton outlines universal law and asserts the experimental method as a way to acquire knowledge.
Rule 1. Nature does nothing in vain, values simplicity
Rule 2. Similar phenomena can be attributed to the same causes
-meteorites in Europe and America
-fire in a stove and the sun
Rule 3. Qualities found in all bodies subject to experiment can be assumed to be present in all bodies everywhere.
-Inertia
-all bodies, and therefore all particles, are mobile
Rule 4- anything experimentally determined to be true is considered to be true until proven wrong
Gravity- determined by quantity of particles
-discovery using impenetrability, mobility, and impulsive forces
God and the Universe
-star systems were placed by God immense distances from each other
-god directly rules over everything
-he is living, intelligent, and powerful
-he is intangible, and humans cannot understand his being
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