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Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.

Isaac Newton

1702

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Gravity God Origin of the universe Science and religion

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1702

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Newton, Isaac. A New and Most Accurate Theory of the Moon's Motion. London: A. Baldwin, 1702.

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