Sir Isaac Newton, among other leaders in the scientific revolution, including René Descartes, upheld "that the physical laws he had uncovered revealed the mechanical perfection of the workings of the universe to be akin to a watch, wherein the watchmaker is God."
Isaac Newton, entre outros líderes da revolución científica, incluíndo René Descartes, sostiña "que as leis físicas que el descubriu revelaban que a perfección mecánica do funcionamento do universo era similar a un reloxo, polo que o reloxeiro é Deus."