I maintain that the universe is a kind of clock, wound up by God, and that it runs without His further interference.
Calculus, optimism
I maintain that the universe is a kind of clock, wound up by God, and that it runs without His further interference.
Calculus, optimism
Paraphrase of his deistic view from correspondence, particularly with Samuel Clarke.
1715-1716
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