An Ordered Universe -- Isaac Newton

• English mathematician, physicist, philosopher

• Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1687)

• Optics (1704)

• Universal Arithmatics (1707)

  • proposed rational causes for all that happens in universe
  • the universe as a mathematically knowable place, operating by precise and calculable order rather than by divine whim
  • Universe as desiring structure & order

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