...especially to the above argument. " Sir ; When I wrote my treatise about our system, I had an eye upo1* such principles as might work with considering men, for the belief of a Deity ; and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose. But if I have done the public...

...nature the qualities of the large bodies depend on those of the particles. Treatise about our System, I had an Eye upon such Principles as might work with considering Men, for the belief of a Deity, and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that Purpose." 72 In the same letter, and elsewhere,73...

...colleagues in the divinity of Christ, he kept his secret to himself and wrote his Principia with ' an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a deity'.1 The great historical scholars, almost to a man, were ecclesiastics — non-juring divines...

...Newton wrote him with warm approval, weighing his words: "When I wrote my treatise about our system, I had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a Deity, and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose."6 When Leibniz later accused Newton...

...intended use of the Principia as a confutation of atheism. "When I wrote my Treatise about our System I had an Eye upon such Principles as might work with considering Men, for the Belief of a Diety, and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that Purpose." Newton carefully enumerated...

...Richard Bentley. CAMBRIDGE, Decemb. 10, 1692. SIE, WHEN I wrote my treatise about our système, 10 I had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the beleife of a Deity ; and nothing can rejoyce me more than to find it useful for that purpose. But if...

...for this statement. In a letter to Bentley, he writes: "When I wrote my treatise about our system, I had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a Deity; . . ." 7 The concept in Newton's mind is that of a fully articulated system requiring a definite supernatural...

...Principia, he wrote to Bentley that while composing the Principia ('my Treatise about our system'), 'I had an eye upon such Principles as might work with considering Men, for the Belief of a Deity' (Newton, 1958, p. 280; 1959-1977, vol. 3, p. 233). About two decades later, in 1713, he declared in...

...zitiert wird. Einige Betrachter zweifeln, ob die Worte: „When I wrote my treatise about our Systeme I had an eye upon such Principles as might work with considering men for the beliefe of a Deity & nothing can rejoyce me more than to find it useful for that purpose" ganz ernst...

...of an intelligent being in the world. 'When I wrote my treatise about our Systeme' he explained, 'I had an eye upon such Principles as might work with considering men for the beliefe of a Deity & nothing can rejoyce me more then to find it usefull for that purpose.'74 He had...