Newton, Isaac, Philosophia naturalis principia mathematica, 1713

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              miſellum, quid optimum factu ſit perſpectum habere. </s>
              <s>Sana om­
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              nis & vera Philoſophia fundatur in Phænomenis rerum: quæ ſi
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              nos vel invitos & reluctantes ad hujuſmodi principia deducunt,
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              in quibus clariſſime cernuntur Conſilium optimum & Dominium
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              ſummum ſapientiſſimi & potentiſſimi Entis; non erunt hæc ideo
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              non admittenda principia, quod quibuſdam forſan hominibus
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              minus grata ſint futura. </s>
              <s>His vel Miracula vel Qualitates occultæ
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              dicantur, quæ diſplicent: verum nomina malitioſe indita non ſunt
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              ipſis rebus vitio vertenda; niſi illud fateri tandem velint, utique
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              debere Philoſophiam in Atheiſmo fundari. </s>
              <s>Horum hominum
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              gratia non erit labefactanda Philoſophia, ſiquidem rerum ordo
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              non vult immutari. </s>
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              <s>Obtinebit igitur apud probos & æquos Judices præſtantiſſima
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              Philoſophandi ratio, quæ fundatur in Experimentis & Obſerva­
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              tionibus. </s>
              <s>Huic vero, dici vix poterit, quanta lux accedat, quanta
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              dignitas, ab hoc Opere præclaro Illuſtriſſimi noſtri Auctoris; cujus
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              eximiam ingenii felicitatem, difficillima quæque Problemata eno­
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              dantis, & ad ea porro pertingentis ad quæ nec ſpes erat humanam
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              mentem aſſurgere potuiſſe, merito admirantur & ſuſpiciunt qui­
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              cunque paulo profundius in hiſce rebus verſati ſunt. </s>
              <s>Clauſtris
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              ergo referatis, aditum Nobis aperuit ad pulcherrima rerum my­
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              ſteria. </s>
              <s>Syſtematis Mundani compagem elegantiſſimam ita tan­
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              dem patefecit & penitius perſpectandam dedit; ut nec ipſe, ſi
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              nunc reviviſceret, Rex
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              Alphonſus
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              vel ſimplicitatem vel harmoniæ
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              gratiam in ea deſideraret. </s>
              <s>Itaque Naturæ majeſtatem propius jam
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              licet intueri, & dulciſſima contemplatione frui, Conditorem vero
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              ac Dominum Univerſorum impenſius colere & venerari, qui fructus
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              eſt Philoſophiæ multo uberrimus. </s>
              <s>Cæcum eſſe oportet, qui ex
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              optimis & ſapientiſſimis rerum ſtructuris non ſtatim videat Fabri­
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              catoris Omnipotentis infinitam ſapientiam & bonitatem: inſanum,
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              qui profiteri nolit. </s>
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              <s>Extabit igitur Eximium NEWTONI Opus adverſus Atheorum
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              impetus munitiſſimum præſidium: neque enim alicunde felicius,
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              quam ex hac pharetra, contra impiam Catervam tela deprompſeris. </s>
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              Hoc ſenſit pridem, & in pereruditis Concionibus Anglice Latineque
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              editis, primus egregie demonſtravit Vir in omni Literarum genere
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              præclarus idemque bonarum Artium fautor eximius RICHARDUS
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              BENTLEIUS, Sæculi ſui & Academiæ noſtræ magnum Orna­
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              mentum, Collegii noſtri
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              S. Trinitatis
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              Magiſter digniſſimus & in­
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              tegerrimus. </s>
              <s>Huic ego me pluribus nominibus obſtrictum fateri </s>
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