Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man." - Meaning and context.">
Of Godliness.

Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.

— Isaac Newton

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man." in the context of "Of Godliness." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Isaac Newton

About Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton (January 4, 1643 – March 31, 1727 or in Old Style: December 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author (described in his time as a "natural philosopher"), widely recognised as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists and among the most influential scientists of all time. He was a key figure in the philosophical revolution known as the Enlightenment. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), first published in 1687, established classical mechanics. Newton also made seminal contributions to optics, and shares credit with German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for developing infinitesimal calculus.