Firstly, Newton himself, as shown above, clearly distinguished between a successful mathematical description of natural phenomena and a philosophical explanation of their causes. Secondly, Newton and his immediate followers regarded the new discoveries as a revelation of the power and wisdom of God. Newton wrote:
This most beautiful System of the Sun, Planets and Comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being...God...endures for ever and is everywhere present, and by existing always and everywhere,he constitutes duration and space.
Thus to Newton God is not only a First Cause, but is also immanent in Nature. Newton sums up:
All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God in the Beginning formed 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.
During his early years in Cambridge, whie he 'minded Mathematics and Philosophy', Newton studied mystical writings and much theological literature as well as treatises on alchemy, which often showed mystical leanings.His theological opinions were unorthodox, and, though he was a Fellow of his college, he never took Holy Orders. But it is clear that he had a firm belief in God, and felt the utmost confidence that his scientific work went to confirm that belief.
Firstly, Newton himself, as shown above, clearly distinguished between a successful mathematical description of natural phenomena and a philosophical explanation of their causes. Secondly, Newton and his immediate followers regarded the new discoveries as a revelation of the power and wisdom of God. Newton wrote:This most beautiful System of the Sun, Planets and Comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being...God...endures for ever and is everywhere present, and by existing always and everywhere,he constitutes duration and space.Thus to Newton God is not only a First Cause, but is also immanent in Nature. Newton sums up:All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God in the Beginning formed 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.During his early years in Cambridge, whie he 'minded Mathematics and Philosophy', Newton studied mystical writings and much theological literature as well as treatises on alchemy, which often showed mystical leanings.His theological opinions were unorthodox, and, though he was a Fellow of his college, he never took Holy Orders. But it is clear that he had a firm belief in God, and felt the utmost confidence that his scientific work went to confirm that belief.
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