--- title: "6 Mathematical Principles Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 6 Mathematical Principles quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Mathematical Principles sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/isaac-newton-1226_art_our-design-not-respecting-arts-but-philo_584176.jpg" --- > [Our design, not respecting arts, but philosophy, and our subject, not manual, but natural powers, we consider chiefly those things which relate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/our-design-not-respecting-arts-but-philosophy-and-our-subject-not/) [Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/isaac-newton-1226_art_our-design-not-respecting-arts-but-philo_584176.jpg) > [But in spite of the obvious effectiveness of mathematics in physics, I have never heard of a good a prioriargument that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-smolin/but-in-spite-of-the-obvious-effectiveness-of-mathematics-in-physics-i/) [Lee Smolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-smolin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fa/lee-smolin-4171_effectiveness_but-in-spite-of-the-obvious-effectivenes_870772.png) > [Our present work sets forth mathematical principles of philosophy. For the basic problem of philosophy seems to be to discover the forces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/our-present-work-sets-forth-mathematical-principles-of-philosophy-for/) [Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/isaac-newton-1226_book_our-present-work-sets-forth-mathematical_885544.jpg) > [An uniformity of weights and measures, arranged upon mathematical principles, would be a benefit to the whole commercial world, if it were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-say/an-uniformity-of-weights-and-measures-arranged-upon-mathematical/) [Jean-Baptiste Say](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-baptiste-say/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/jean-baptiste-say-9216_benefits_an-uniformity-of-weights-and-measures-ar_1599439.jpg) > [Art is based on very clear, mathematical principles like proportion and harmony. At the same time, physicists need to be inventive, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fabiola-gianotti/art-is-based-on-very-clear-mathematical-principles-like-proportion/) [Fabiola Gianotti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fabiola-gianotti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ea/fabiola-gianotti-18653_art_art-is-based-on-very-clear-mathematical_1752940.jpg) > [In accordance with the foregoing investigations on mathematical principles, let bronze vessels be made, proportionate to the size of the theatre, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/in-accordance-with-the-foregoing-investigations-on-mathematical/) [Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/marcus-vitruvius-pollio-7498_bronze_in-accordance-with-the-foregoing-investi_2573894.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mathematical-principles/#itemlist", "name": "Mathematical Principles Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our design, not respecting arts, but philosophy, and our subject, not manual, but natural powers, we consider chiefly those things which relate to gravity, levity, elastic force, the resistance of fluids, and the like forces, whether attractive or impulsive; and therefore we offer this work as mathematical principles of philosophy; for all the difficulty of philosophy seems to consist in this from the phenomena of motions to investigate the forces of nature, and then from these forces to demonstrate the other phenomena.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Isaac Newton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/our-design-not-respecting-arts-but-philosophy-and-our-subject-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/isaac-newton-1226_art_our-design-not-respecting-arts-but-philo_584176.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/isaac-newton-1226_art_our-design-not-respecting-arts-but-philo_584176.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/isaac-newton-1226_art_our-design-not-respecting-arts-but-philo_584176.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our design, not respecting arts, but philosophy, and our subject, not manual, but natural powers, we…” — Isaac Newton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But in spite of the obvious effectiveness of mathematics in physics, I have never heard of a good a prioriargument that the world must be organised to mathematical principles.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lee Smolin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-smolin/but-in-spite-of-the-obvious-effectiveness-of-mathematics-in-physics-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fa/lee-smolin-4171_effectiveness_but-in-spite-of-the-obvious-effectivenes_870772.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fa/lee-smolin-4171_effectiveness_but-in-spite-of-the-obvious-effectivenes_870772.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fa/lee-smolin-4171_effectiveness_but-in-spite-of-the-obvious-effectivenes_870772.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But in spite of the obvious effectiveness of mathematics in physics, I have never heard of a good a…” — Lee Smolin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our present work sets forth mathematical principles of philosophy. 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