...disposed to conceal a discovery, rather than risk a controversy. ' Philo' sophy,' he wrote to Halley ,f ' is such an impertinently litigious 'lady, that a man...good be engaged in lawsuits as have 'to do with her.' Thus the turmoil raised by Hooke on the appearance of the first part of the ' Principia ' inspired...

...judicious and impartial an assembly." In a letter to Dr. Halley, he says, " The third book of the Principia I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently...be engaged in law-suits, as have to do with her." — His friends, however, of the Royal Society, most fortunately prevailed upon him to alter that resolution....

...and impartial an assembly." In a letter to Dr. Halley, he says, " The third book of the Princijria I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently...as good be engaged in law-suits, as have to do with her."—His friends, however, of the Royal Society, most fortunately prevailed upon him to alter that...

...want of a good method, which made me afterward return to the first book, and enlarge it with diverse propositions, some relating to comets, others to other...to do with her. I found it so formerly, and now I can no sooner come near her again but she gives me warning. The first two books without the third will...

...applied to him to allow them to print it; " Philosophy," he says, writing on the subject to H alley, " is such an impertinently litigious lady, that a man...good be engaged in law-suits as have to do with her." He was, however, eventually prevailed upon to yield; and the work appeared in May 1687. His Optics...

...want of a good method, which made -me afterward return to the first book, and enlarge it with diverse propositions, some relating to comets, others to other...litigious lady, that a man had as good be engaged m lawsuits as have to do with her. I found it so formerly, and now I can no sooner come near her again...

...the third book on the system of the world, yet he determined to suppress it. " Philosophy, he says, " is such an impertinently litigious lady, that a man...to do with her. I found it so formerly; and now I can no sooner come near her again, but she gives me warning." In replying to this letter, Halley expresses...

...extremely anxious to suppress. " Philosophy," he writes in a letter to Halley, intimating this wish, " is such an impertinently litigious lady, that a man...good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her." His objections, however, were at last overcome by the representations of his friends — and the work...

...altogether, which contains the actual application of the first two books to the existing universe. He says, 'The third I now design to suppress. Philosophy is...to do with her. I found it so formerly, and now I have no sooner come near her again, but she gives me warning. The two first books, without the third,...

...altogether, which contains the actual application of the first two books to the existing universe. He says, 'The third I now design to suppress. Philosophy is...to do with her. I found it so formerly, and now I have no sooner come near her again, but she gives me warning. The two first books, without the third,...