Making a comparison to the Sun's planets, he wrote "And if the fixed stars are the centres of similar systems, they will all be constructed according to a similar design and subject to the dominion of One."
Facendo unha comparación cos planetas do Sol, Newton escribiu "E se as estrelas fixas son os centros de sistemas semellantes, todos eles estarán construídos segundo un deseño semellante e suxeitos ao dominio de Un".