Abstract

MCGUIRE, James E. Newton and the "Pipes of Pan". Estud.filos [online]. 2007, n.35, pp.149-187. ISSN 0121-3628.

This paper brake significant new ground arguing that Newton’s thinking is rooted in Hermeticism and the tradition of ancient wisdom. It uses, for the first time, important manuscripts that attest to Newton’s involvement in ancient wisdom. This is material that he seriously considered adding to the Third Book of the Principia i.e., the argument for universal gravitation.

Keywords : Newton; gravity; ancient wisdom; Hermeticism; classical Scholia.

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