Devoir de Philosophie

Bentley, Richard

Publié le 22/02/2012

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Bentley singled out gravity as peculiar evidence of the direct and arbitrary action of a wise creator. In an exchange of letters he pressed Newton on the role of gravity in the origin of the universe as we now observe it, and the possibility of a purely mechanical explanation of the origin of the material world. In his response of 10 December 1692 to Bentley's first letter Newton expresses a firm commitment to the principles of natural religion: 'I had an eye,' he says 'upon such Principles as might work with discerning men for the belief of a Deity' (Turnbull 1961).

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