As magnitude, of every sort, abstractedly considered, is capable of being increased to infinity, and is also divisible without end; so we find that, in nature, the limits of the greatest and least dimensions of things, are actually placed at an immense distance from each other.


An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries, Chapter I Section 5, 1748

Colin Maclaurin Quotes

As magnitude, of every sort, abstractedly considered, is capable of being increased to infinity, and is also divisible without end; so we find that,...

As magnitude, of every sort, abstractedly considered, is capable of being increased to infinity, and is also divisible without end; so we find that,...

As magnitude, of every sort, abstractedly considered, is capable of being increased to infinity, and is also divisible without end; so we find that,...

As magnitude, of every sort, abstractedly considered, is capable of being increased to infinity, and is also divisible without end; so we find that,...