Isaac Newton: Philosophical Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) (Volume 0)

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Andrew Janiak examines Newtons philosophical positions and his relations to canonical figures in early modern philosophy through Newtons principal philosophical writings. Janiaks study includes excerpts from the Principia and the Opticks Newtons famous correspondence with Boyle and with Bentley and his equally significant correspondence with Leibniz often ignored in favor of Leibnizs later debate with Samuel Clarke. (Newtons exchanges with Leibniz place their different understandings of natural philosophy in sharp relief.)