...laws, and the formulae for them; they learn less often that Newton said, when he wrote his Principia. "I had an eye upon such principles as might work with...rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose" (Thayer 1953, p. 46). They also learn that Boyle formulated the important law connecting pressure and...

...correspondence with Richard Bentley with the famous words, as solemn as they are appropriate: "When 1 wrote our Treatise about our System, I had an Eye upon such...rejoice me more than to find it useful for that Purpose' (Cohen 1958: 280). It was no more outrageous for a philosopher to maintain that the omnipresent divine...

...See also Monk, Bentley, n, pp. lj6ff. 10 Monk, Bentley, 1, pp. 2 5 if. 1 1 Newton informed Bentley: 'When I wrote my treatise about our System, I had...me more than to find it useful for that purpose.' Quoted in Monk, Bentley, 1 , p. 44. 12 Monk, Bentley, 1, p. 74. An equally free hand was given to Geoffrey...

...vapors in a monstrously rational machine. Newton opens his correspondence with Bentley by observing: "When I wrote my Treatise about our System, I had...rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose" (Papers and Letters, 280). Elsewhere in the correspondence he indicates he is specifically aware that...

...development" after the first edition.27 In fact, on 10 December 1692, Newton confided to Richard Bentley, "When I wrote my Treatise about our System, I had...can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose."28 Similarly, in the Latin edition of the Opticks (1706), Newton declares space to be "the...

...Macey( 1980, p. 29). CHAPTER 7 1. In Newton's December 10, 1692 letter to Bentley, he said: When 1 wrote my treatise about our system, I had an eye upon...rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose. (Thayer and Randall, 1953, p. 46) 2. The society's formal name was The Royal Sacien of London for Improving...

...10 December 1692, Newton confided to Richard Bentley, "When 1 wrote my Treatise about our System. l had an Eye upon such Principles as might work with...can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose."21 Similarly, in the Latin edition of the Opticks (1706l, Newton declares space to be "the...

...theme, and Newton's theological justification of his physics in a letter to Richard Bentley is typical: "When I wrote my treatise about our system, I had...can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose."3 Similar ideas of a divine lawmaker whose statutes, once revealed, will inspire our admiration,...

...development" after the first edition.10 In fact, on l0 December l692, Newton confided to Richard Bentley, "When I wrote my Treatise about our System, I had...can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose."11 Similarly, in the Latin edition of the Opticks (l706), Newton declares space to be "the...

...writing the Principia: When I wrote my treatise [Principia] about our [solar] system, I had an eye on such principles as might work with considering men...rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose. (Newton's Philosophy of Nature, edited by HS Thayer) Consider another persistent "nonrational" trend...