ID Intelligent Design "Thus] this most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being.”15 "Newton, in particular, was noteworthy in this regard. As I discussed in Chapter 1, he made specific design arguments based upon discoveries in physics, biology, and astronomy. He argued for the intelligent design of the eye in his classic work, Opticks. He also argued for the intelligent design of the planetary system in his masterpiece, The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (often cited in brief by part of its Latin title, the Principia).14 Writing in the General Scholium (introduction) to the Principia, Newton suggested that the stability of the planetary system depended not only upon the regular action of universal gravitation, but also upon the precise initial positioning of the planets and comets in relation to the sun. As he explained: “Though these bodies may, indeed, persevere in their orbits by the mere laws of gravity, yet they could by no means have, at first, derived the regular position of the orbits themselves from those laws…. [Thus] this most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being.”15 Signature in the Cell. Stephen C. Meyer
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