Antiquitas non fingo
Newton, the Moderns and the Science of Ancient History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21789705 |
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| Authors | Alessio Mattana (0000-0001-7416-2844, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 447-461 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1754-0194 • E-ISSN: 1754-0208 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1754-0208.12726 |
| OpenAlex | W3108692385 |
| Language | EN |
In his posthumous The Chronology of the Ancient Kingdoms Amended (1728) Isaac Newton re‐dated a number of significant events in ancient history, most importantly the Argonautic expedition and the Fall of Troy. This article explores the eighteenth‐century reception of the Chronology as a text contiguous with Newton's previous works on natural philosophy. In particular, it will be argued that the Chronology was considered as proof that the moderns had made history into a scientific discipline based on principles like those delineated in Newton's Principia
Archaeology · Art · Biology · Chronology · Epistemology · History Of Physics · History of science · Kingdom · Literature · Natural history · Natural Philosophy · Physics · Theoretical physics · Classics · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Philosophy and Science · History · History of Science and Medicine · Philosophy · Geology · Paleontology
| Highly cited | No |
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