## Metadata - Author: [[Amir Alexander]] - Full Title: Liberty's Grid - Category: #books ## Highlights - Descartes sought to outlaw mysteries from the world, considering them irrational and what we would call “unscientific.” Newton, in contrast, reveled in the unknown because it gave an opening to God’s presence in the universe. ([Location 527](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CWZ2JFRL&location=527)) - The mathematical principles that governed the action of gravity demonstrated that the world was comprehensible—at least up to a point. The enduring mystery of gravity itself, however, was a sign that God was omnipresent and had not abandoned his world. ([Location 530](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CWZ2JFRL&location=530))