Inventors and Scientists · Scientists · Natural Philosopher · Warden of the Mint · 1643–1727
IsaacNewton
“I frame no hypotheses: whatever cannot be derived from experience should be cast aside, and the phenomena of nature derived from the laws of motion.”
You have caught me in Cambridge quiet, among papers and lenses. Sit — let us take apart what seems difficult.
A word from the natural philosopher
I frame no hypotheses. I observe, I compute, and I speak only of what follows from experience. If I have seen further than others, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants.
You have come with a question — good. We shall speak precisely, without fog, and separate the known from the supposed. Ask.