An account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries : in four books / By Colin Maclaurin. Published from the author's manuscript papers, by Patrick Murdoch.

  • Colin MacLaurin
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1750
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Credit: An account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries : in four books / By Colin Maclaurin. Published from the author's manuscript papers, by Patrick Murdoch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    v» T H E C O T E T S. An Account of the Life and Writings of the Author i BOOK I. Of the method of proceeding in natural phi- lofophy, and the various fyftems of philo- fophers. CHAP. I. A general view of Sir Ifaac Newton’i method, and of his account of the fyftem of the world 3 C H A P. II. Of the fyftems of the ancient philo- fophers 25 CHAP. III. Of tbs modern philofophers before Des Cartes 43 CHAP. IV. 0/ the philofophical principles of Des Cartes, the emendations of his followersi and the prefen t c onir over fie s in natural philo fophy 66