 | Richard Henry Popkin, Gordon M. Weiner - Religion - 1994 - 218 pages
...Moses whom Newton emphasizes in his most famous published statement about the nature of God: This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God..., or Universal Ruler;... | |
 | Peter Marshall - Philosophy - 1993 - 513 pages
...could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being . . . This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as the Lord over all.' Although his God is a creator deity, Newton stood firmly within the Christian tradition... | |
 | Peter Gay - History - 1996 - 705 pages
...being: he is Creator and watchful master, wise, just, good, and holy. This "Being," Newton argued, "governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all"; he is a "powerful, ever-living Agent" who prevents the fixed stars from falling upon... | |
 | Naomi Zack - Philosophy - 1996 - 249 pages
...and effective ruler of nature. And for that reason, God is literally a subject of science. This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord overall; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God pantokrdton, or Universal... | |
 | Daniel Garber, Michael Ayers - Philosophy - 2003 - 1616 pages
...Mores mediating 'Spirit of Nature'. In the 'General Scholium', for example, Newton explicitly says that God 'governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God pantokrator, or Universal... | |
 | John Polkinghorne - Science - 1998 - 144 pages
John Polkinghorne examines the nature of scientific inquiry itself and the human context in which science operates. | |
 | Scott D. Evans - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 168 pages
...inferences whose validity is guaranteed by the containment of phenomena within a divine matrix: This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all. . . . He endures for ever, and is every where present; and by existing always and every... | |
 | John M. Lynch - Philosophy - 2000 - 442 pages
...have its origin no other way than by the purpose and command of an intelligent and powerful Being, who governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as the Lord of the Universe ; who is not only God, but Lord and Governor." When we have advanced so far, there yet remains one... | |
 | Roger Ariew, Eric Watkins - Philosophy - 2000 - 432 pages
...other by their gravity, he has placed those systems at immense distances from one another>. This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and because of his dominion he is usually called Lord God Pantokrator, or Universal... | |
 | David Ray Griffin - Religion - 2000 - 345 pages
...the famous General Scholium added to the second edition of the Principia, he said of God: This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God pantocrator or Universal... | |
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This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God... 
