Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle Quote

The universe is but a watch on a larger scale; all its motions depending on determined laws and mutual relation of its parts.


Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds, The First Evening (p. 10), Printed for Peter Wilson. Dublin, Ireland. 1761


The universe is but a watch on a larger scale; all its motions depending on determined laws and mutual relation of its parts.

The universe is but a watch on a larger scale; all its motions depending on determined laws and mutual relation of its parts.

The universe is but a watch on a larger scale; all its motions depending on determined laws and mutual relation of its parts.

The universe is but a watch on a larger scale; all its motions depending on determined laws and mutual relation of its parts.