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Newton’s $\textit{\textsf{Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica}}$ ‘‘Jesuit’’ Edition: The Tenor of a Huge Work

Newton’s $\textit{\textsf{Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica}}$ ‘‘Jesuit’’ Edition: The Tenor of a Huge Work

This paper has the aim to provide a general view of the so called Jesuit Edition (hereafter JE) of Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1739–1742). This edition was conceived to explain all Newton’s methods through an apparatus of notes and commentaries. Every Newton’s proposition is annotated. Because of this, the …