Priest of Nature: The Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton 0190931590, 9780190931599

He was the dominant intellectual figure of his age. His published works, including the Principia Mathematica and Opticks

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Priest of Nature: The Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton
 0190931590, 9780190931599

Table of contents :
Content: Introduction: A Rational Christian1. A Divine Web2. A Spiritual Ant3. IInfinity and the Imagination4. From Liberty to Heresy5. Abominable Men6. Prisca Newtoniana7. Methodising the Apocalypse8. Divine Persecution9. The End of the World10. Private Prosecutions11. Critical Friends12. A Particle of Divinity

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