Tag: Isaac Newton

  • On Newton’s World View

    Quotes from Newton manuscripts according to David Castillejo. Alchemy. The Prophecies in Daniel and the Apocalypse. A History of the Church. The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended.

  • Edward Dolnick: The Clockwork Universe

    Quotes. Mathematics as Escape. Newton had Cracked the Code. Scientists and History. God-the-mathematician and Great Chain of Being. The Royal Society of London. Leeuwenhoek and sperm cells.

  • Every Event has a Cause as Metaphysics

    Quotes from Collingwood – An Essay on Metaphysics. Newton on Causation. Causation in History. Causation in Practical Natural Science.

  • God as a Cosmic Operator

    Quotes from Paul Feyerabend, The Tyranny of Science. History of discussions on stability of the the solar system. Newton believed that God must make corrections to keep stability.