Newton, Isaac, Philosophia naturalis principia mathematica, 1713

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              ſus indignam. </s>
              <s>Qui Cælos materia fluida repletos eſſe volunt,
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              hanc vero non inertem eſſe ſtatuunt; Hi verbis tollunt Vacuum,
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              re ponunt. </s>
              <s>Nam cum hujuſmodi materia fluida ratione nulla
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              ſecerni poſſit ab inani Spatio; diſputatio tota fit de rerum no­
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              minibus, non de naturis. </s>
              <s>Quod ſi aliqui ſint adeo uſQ.E.D.­
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              diti Materiæ, ut Spatium a corporibus vacuum nullo pacto ad­
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              mittendum credere velint; videamus quo tandem oporteat illos
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              pervenire. </s>
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              <s>Vel enim dicent hanc, quam confingunt, Mundi per omnia
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              pleni conſtitutionem ex voluntate Dei profectam eſſe, propter
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              eum finem, ut operationibus Naturæ ſubſidium præſens haberi
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              poſſet ab Æthere ſubtiliſſimo cuncta permeante & implente;
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              quod tamen dici non poteſt, ſiquidem jam oſtenſum eſt ex Co­
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              metarum phænomenis, nullam eſſe hujus Ætheris efficaciam: vel
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              dicent ex voluntate Dei profectam eſſe, propter finem aliquem
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              ignotum; quod neQ.E.D.ci debet, ſiquidem diverſa Mundi con­
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              ſtitutio eodem argumento pariter ſtabiliri poſſet: vel denique
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              non dicent ex voluntate Dei profectam eſſe, ſed ex neceſſitate
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              quadam Naturæ. </s>
              <s>Tandem igitur delabi oportet in fæces ſordi­
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              das Gregis impuriſſimi. </s>
              <s>Hi ſunt qui ſomniant Fato univerſa
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              regi, non Providentia; Materiam ex neceſſitate ſua ſemper & ubi­
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              que extitiſſe, infinitam eſſe & æternam. </s>
              <s>Quibus poſitis, erit
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              etiam undiquaque uniformis: nam varietas formarum cum neceſ­
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              ſitate omnino pugnat. </s>
              <s>Erit etiam immota: nam ſi neceſſario
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              moveatur in plagam aliquam determinatam, cum determinata ali­
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              qua velocitate; pari neceſſitate movebitur in plagam diverſam
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              cum diverſa velocitate; in plagas autem diverſas, cum diverſis
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              velocitatibus, moveri non poteſt; oportet igitur immotam eſſe. </s>
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              Neutiquam profecto potuit oriri Mundus, pulcherrima forma­
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              rum & motuum varietate diſtinctus, niſi ex liberrima voluntate
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              cuncta providentis & gubernantis Dei. </s>
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              <s>Ex hoc igitur fonte promanarunt illæ omnes quæ dicuntur
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              Naturæ leges: in quibus multa ſane ſapientiſſimi conſilii, nulla
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              neceſſitatis apparent veſtigia. </s>
              <s>Has proinde non ab incertis con­
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              jecturis petere, ſed Obſervando atque Experiendo addiſcere de­
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              bemus. </s>
              <s>Qui veræ Phyſicæ principia Legeſque rerum, ſola men­
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              tis vi & interno rationis lumine fretum, invenire ſe poſſe confi­
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              dit; hunc oportet vel ſtatuere Mundum ex neceſſitate fuiſle, Le­
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              geſque propoſitas ex eadem neceſſitate ſequi; vel ſi per volun­
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              tatem Dei conſtitutus ſit ordo Naturæ, ſe tamen, homuncionem </s>
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