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Newton's Philosophy of Nature: Selections from His Writings
by Sir Isaac Newton,H. S. Thayer

ISBN: 0486445933
Dover Publications Price: $12.95
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This book provides a wide representation of the interests, problems, and diverse philosophic issues that preoccupied the greatest scientific mind of the 17th century. Grouped in sections corresponding to methods, principles, and theological considerations, these selections feature explanatory notes and cross-references to related essays. 1953 edition.
Unabridged republication of the New York, 1953 edition.

Table of Contents for Newton's Philosophy of Nature: Selections from His Writings
Editor's Preface
Introduction: What Isaac Newton Started
Selections from Newton
I. The Method of Natural Philosophy
1. Rules of Reasoning in Philosophy
2. On Hypotheses
3. The Experimental Method
II. Fundamental Principles of Natural Philosophy
1. Newton's Preface to the First Edition of the Principia
2. Definitions and Scholium
3. Axioms, or Laws of Motion
4. The Motion of Bodies
III. God and Natural Philosophy
1. General Scholium
2. God and Gravity
3. On Creation
4. On Universal Design
IV. Questions on Natural Philosophy
1. The New Theory about Light and Colors
2. On the Science of Colors
3. Hypothesis Touching on the Theory of Light and Colors
4. Perception
5. On Gravity
6. Cotes' Preface to the Second Edition of the Principia
V. Questions from the "Optics"
Notes
Selected Bibliography

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