The Devil's Dictionary: Newtonian

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
NEPOTISM
NIHILIST

NEWTONIAN

-adj.

Pertaining to a philosophy of the universe invented by Newton, who discovered that an apple will fall to the ground, but was unable to say why. His successors and disciples have advanced so far as to be able to say when.

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