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For I ...suspect that they may all depend on certain forces by which the particles of bodies, ...
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*** Newton is saying that he suspects that gravity might either be caused by attractive or repulsive forces. You are taking part of his speculation and construing it as a statement of fact. You then link it to your own idea that acceleration means repulsion to come to a conclusion that gravity [which is acceleration] is due to repulsion. Quote:
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equating gravity with acceleration as - and which is - a 'pushing or repelling force'.
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*** The part I am referring to is the above which is not a quotation from Newton but your own deduction it seems. You are saying here "equating gravity with acceleration...which is- a pushing or repelling force".
My argument is that you have not properly derived your above stated conclusion that "gravity.. is.. a repelling force"
Roger