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Much of what people claim to know about Newton, for example that he was a believer but also an Arian, is based on what was known before 1998, when his manuscripts could not yet be accessed by the general public. But now there are good reasons to deny that he was an Arian.
In Yahuda MS 14 Newton we read (p. 273):
"Soe there is divinity in the Father, divinity in the Son, & divinity in the Holy Ghost, & yet there are not three divinities but one divinity which is originally in the Father & by descent or communication in the Son & Holy Ghost."
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In the second paragraph of "Personality" section, where "woemen & by other means" is written, there is a spelling mistake for the word "woman". It is written "woeman" and must be changed into "woman" or maybe"women". Zahra Galeshi (talk) 15:45, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not done. This is a direct quotation from a note written by Newton, and uses his original (archaic) spelling. See MOS:PMC for the policy: "In direct quotations, retain dialectal and archaic spellings". GrindtXX (talk) 15:57, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Newton deduced rather than "defined" his Universal Law of Gravitation
However, a recent study of the Principia -- which includes a detailed reconstruction of Newton's reasoning as developed and documented in the Principia -- demonstrated that Newton actually deduced his Universal Law of Gravitation, in all detail, from, among other ingredients, Kepler's laws. In this sense Newton lived up to his credo "hypotheses non fingo".
So it was the other way around, compared to what is stated in the present form of the article.
As is explained in detail in the above mentioned study, Newton's deduction of his Universal Law of Gravitation has far reaching consequences for the concept of mass.
Additionally, Cambridge Scholars Publishing is often considered a predatory publisher, and when it's not it's still known to lend little editorial oversight pre-publish and attract little academic interest post-publish for its authors. I wouldn't consider most of its publications to be reliable sources for verifying claims with, unfortunately. Thus, this would need some additi.
Moreover, while it's interesting to engage with, I suppose I don't quite see the profound conceptual difference the OP does here—does anyone really believe what amounts to the whole essence of the "apple eureka" anecdote, that Newton jotted this part of the Principia down with inspiration ex nihilo? Whether one strictly deduces or defines on paper, there's surely a bit of both in most peoples' internal processes, no? Remsense ‥ 论09:08, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I believe a scientific text should be judged by its content, and by nothing else. I believe that applies both to the text on Wikipedia pages and to the source that I cited in support of my proposal for an edit of the text of a Wikipedia page, in this particular case. Reef Lodgeknew (talk) 13:44, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
level-3 vital article is rated GA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
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