Newton and eighteenth-century Christianity

Mandelbrote, Scott

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“…Several years later, Newton again contemplated publication of the tract, but thought better of it once more and abandoned the enterprise. 71 When the work was finally published, in 1754, its existence had been a public secret for decades; still, it caused quite a stir, especially among Church of England theologians, who summarily dismissed Newton's arguments. Samuel Horsley, the later bishop of Rochester, dutifully included it in his comprehensive five-volume edition of Newton's works, but in his sparse annotations expressed nothing but disdain for Newton's scholarship.…”

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Of manuscripts and men: the editorial history of Isaac Newton's Chronology and Observations

Schilt

2019

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This article introduces the editorial history of the most important of Isaac Newton's posthumously published scholarly writings, a history so far unwritten. Often attributed solely to Newton's executor, John Conduitt, the Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended (1728) was in fact co-edited with the antiquarian Martin Folkes, who would eventually follow in Newton's footsteps and become President of the Royal Society. Likewise, the Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St John (1733) was edited by at least half a dozen of Newton's closest friends and colleagues. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but in particular during the twentieth, these publications were treated as solely Newton's, and analysed as such by both contemporaries and modern historians. However, as this paper shows, the Chronology and in particular the Observations were as much the product of their editors as of their author, and should be considered as such. Reconstructing the editorial history of Newton's posthumous publications reveals a fascinating tale of how his friends, relatives and colleagues tried to piece together meaning from the thousands of manuscripts with which they were confronted, a challenge that continues to this day.

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Of manuscripts and men: the editorial history of Isaac Newton's Chronology and Observations

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2019

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“…This humanist context for the organization of knowledge fits Newton's approach to ancient and contemporary texts. Newton relied on compiled lists of quotations in his discussions of the early church fathers, which enabled him to give the impression of comprehensive erudition without performing the impossible task of reading every source cited (Mandelbrote, , p. 416). Moreover, as Figala, Harrison, and Petzold () describe in their illuminating analysis of Newton's alchemical book desiderata, Newton attempted a comprehensive organization of the alchemical literature of his day.…”

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Isaac Newton, scholar: An exceptional example of normal erudition

Greenham

2017

History Compass

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Isaac Newton remains a subject of primary interest in the history of science, as recent scholarship redefines our understanding of the boundaries between disciplines of knowing in the early modern world. Newton's alchemy—or chymistry—together with his interpretations of chronology and biblical prophecy continue to be debated in their relationship to his innovations in science—or natural philosophy. This article reviews the recent shifts of this debate to a focus on Newton's erudition, to how Newton employed the tools of the university‐educated scholar, both humanist and scholastic, in his search for truth within his various intellectual pursuits. Newton's massive legacy of remaining source documents provides rich insight into what was, in many ways, a form of scholarship quite common in his historical context.

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Architecture and the Sciences

Long¹

2017

Companion to the History of Architecture

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This essay suggests that the more recent historiography of the history of science, with its focus on practice, opens up a field of investigation into the many interrelationships between the early modern “new sciences” and activities undertaken by early modern individuals called “architects,” whose range of activities was wider than that of their modern counterparts. Concerning the latter, it gives examples of the activities of Francesco di Giorgio, Vignola, Palladio, and Juan de Herrera, among others. It also discusses individuals who practiced both architecture and one or more of the new sciences – including Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke, Gérard Desargues, Guarino Guarini, Teofilo Galluccini, and François Blondel. Finally, it explores the practices and values common to both disciplines in the early modern period, including an emphasis on the visual and the practice of mathematics.

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Newton and eighteenth-century Christianity

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Of manuscripts and men: the editorial history of Isaac Newton's Chronology and Observations

Of manuscripts and men: the editorial history of Isaac Newton's Chronology and Observations

Isaac Newton, scholar: An exceptional example of normal erudition

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