"A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding."
-Sir Isaac Newton
Not really a philosophical video, I just found it interesting when I was searching. See if Sir Isaac Newton really discovered gravity by an apple... or was it a comet? The BBC explores this question:
Primary Source: The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Sir Isaac Newton
Secondary Source: Isaac Newton: And the Scientific Revolution (Oxford Portraits in Science) by Gale E. Christianson
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