“The Simplicity of Figures depend upon the Simplicity of thei…”

“The Simplicity of Figures depend upon the Simplicity of their Genesis and Ideas, and an Æquation is nothing else than a Description (either Geometrical or Mechanical) by which a Figure is generated and rendered more easy to the Conception.”

— Isaac Newton

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