Newton's third law is: "Actioni contrariam semper et æqualem esse reactionem" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion https://en.wikipedia.org/

Newton's third law is: "Actioni contrariam semper et æqualem esse reactionem" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion Translation from google: "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction" If the golden rule is: do unto others as you would have them do unto you and you restate that as if it has force of law then you get: Whatever you do to others will be done to you. And then that moral law is generalized to all things to make the physical law: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Also, it could be argued that the use of actio (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/actio https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/actio) implies a rational agent, not an abstract principle. It could also be pointed out that the "law" itself is just metaphysical twaddle. There is no empirical basis for this "law" and it makes no sense at all unless taken as a principle based on established authority. The modernized version of the law is "When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body." The extent of revision required to make the "law" even vaguely scientific demonstrates how unscientific the original was.