The First Principle Is to Do Away With First Principles

i think what he's saying still makes sense, actually. So really, the what we're getting at here is that it seems the behaviour of matter can be explained the properties of matter. Rather, we perceive that the power which is driving the world is within the world itself. In past ages, i such as spinoza, believed that there was an imminent quality of the divine in all things, which animated the world. And this notion was carried on too, like some of the most important scientific figures,. such as newton, who believed that motion had to be explained by an appeal to god.