 | 1880 - 900 pagina’s
...disposed to conceal a discovery, rather than risk a controversy. " Philosophy," he wrote to IIalley,f " is such an impertinently litigious lady, that a man...good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her." Thus the turmoil raised by Hooke on the appearance of the first part of the " Principia " inspired... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1894 - 624 pagina’s
...and disinterested generosity, the Principia might never have been published.'"2 1 "The third [book] I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently...engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her. I found il so formerly, and now I am no sooner come near her again but she gives me warning. The first two... | |
 | Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee - 1894 - 470 pagina’s
...(RiGAFD, App. p. 30), Newton stated that the second book of his great work was nearly ready for press: ' the third I now design to suppress. Philosophy is...good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.' Fortunately for posterity, Halley prevented this. A letter announcing that the second book had been... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 342 pagina’s
...well what Newton meant when he called science "such an impertinently litigious lady that a man has as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her." And it understood, or thought it understood, what was going on when these high scholars began to connect... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 322 pagina’s
...well what Newton meant when he called science "such an impertinently litigious lady that a man has as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her." And it understood, or thought it understood, what was going on when these high scholars began to connect... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 336 pagina’s
...well what Newton meant when he called science "such an impertinently litigious lady that a man has as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her." And it understood, or thought it understood, what was going on when these high scholars began to connect... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 336 pagina’s
...well what Newton meant when he called science "such an impertinently litigious lady that a man has as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her." And it understood, or thought it understood, what was going on when these high scholars began to connect... | |
 | Ivor Blashka Hart - 1924 - 330 pagina’s
...He was near suppressing the whole of the third book entirely. ' Philosophy ', wrote he to Halley, ' is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man...to do with her. I found it so formerly, and now I can no sooner come near her again, but she gives me warning.' Halley, fortunately, succeeded in dissuading... | |
 | John William Navin Sullivan - 1925 - 122 pagina’s
...he had designed the whole work to consist of three books, and then makes the alarming statement : ' The third I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady, that a man has as good be engaged in lawsuits, as have to do with her. I found it so formerly, and now I am no... | |
 | Martha Ornstein Bronfenbrenner - 1928 - 330 pagina’s
...application of his mathematical physical laws to the universe and on which his special fame is based : "The third, I now design to suppress. Philosophy is...litigious lady, that a man had as good be engaged in law suits, as have to do with her. I found it so formerly, and now I am no sooner near her again, but... | |
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The third I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady, that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her. 
