TY - BOOK ID - 18112876 TI - Philosophical writings AU - Newton, Isaac AU - Janiak, Andrew PY - 2004 SN - 0521538483 0521831229 9780521538480 9780521831222 9780511809293 0511265255 9780511265259 9780511265976 0511265972 0511809298 9786610750009 6610750009 1280750006 0511263708 0511317611 0511264534 110716057X PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy. KW - Philosophy KW - Mental philosophy KW - Humanities KW - Newton, Isaac, KW - Newton, Izaak, KW - Niu-tun, KW - Nʹi︠u︡ton, Isaak, KW - Niutun, Yisake, KW - Niyu̇ton, Isak, KW - Nyuṭon, Ayzaḳ, KW - Nyuṭon, Ayziḳ, KW - ניוטאן, אייזאק, KW - ניוטון, אייזק KW - ניוטון, אייזיק KW - 牛頓, KW - 牛頓, 伊萨克, KW - Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Bentley, richard (1662-1742) KW - Boyle, robert (1627-1691) KW - Cotes, roger (1682-1716) KW - Philosophie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:18112876 AB - Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) left a voluminous legacy of writings. Despite his influence on the early modern period, his correspondence, manuscripts, and publications in natural philosophy remain scattered throughout many disparate editions. In this volume, Newton's principal philosophical writings are for the first time collected in a single place. They include excerpts from the Principia and the Opticks, his famous correspondence with Boyle and with Bentley, and his equally significant correspondence with Leibniz, which is often ignored in favor of Leibniz's later debate with Samuel Clarke. Newton's exchanges with Leibniz place their different understandings of natural philosophy in sharp relief. The volume also includes 'De Gravitatione', offered here in a corrected translation, which is crucial for understanding Newton's relation to his great predecessor Descartes. In a historical and philosophical introduction, Andrew Janiak examines Newton's philosophical positions and his relations to canonical figures in early modern philosophy. ER -