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Quotation from Opticks by Isaac Newton
“And though every true Step made in this Philosophy brings us not immediately to the Knowledge of the first Cause, yet it brings us nearer to it, and on that account is to be highly valued.”
Opticks, Book III, Query 28 (Project Gutenberg text of the 4th edition (London, 1730))
The close of Query 28, after the passage on infinite space as God's sensory.
Citation: "And though every true Step made in this Philosophy brings us not immediately to the Knowledge of the first Cause, yet it brings us nearer to it, and on that account is to be highly valued." — Isaac Newton, Opticks, Book III, Query 28 (Project Gutenberg text of the 4th edition (London, 1730)). (id newton-opticks-q6)
Virtues: Piety
Portrait: GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689, Godfrey Kneller, Public domain.
