Indeed, it is just this that makes him averse to the conception of gravitation as it existed for Newton, and he is inclined to try a modification of it in accordance with the earlier Cartesian theory, and so to derive gravitation from the impact of an ether upon the bodies, as being "more rational and more suitable for persons who like clear and intelligible principles."
Horrek Newtonengan ageri den grabitazioaren kontzeptuaren etsai bihurtzen du, eta horren modifikazio bat teoria cartesiar goiztiarraren arabera bilatzera makurturik dago, horrela grabitazioa eter batek gorputzetan egindako talka batetik deduzitzera, egokiagoa omen litzatekeelako.