ABSTRACT

This is an exact reproduction of the 1738 edition of Voltaire's The Elements of Sir Issac Newton's Philosophy. An index has been added under supervision of the general editor.

chapter |4 pages

To The Marchioness of Ch** Introduction

chapter Chap. I|17 pages

What Light is, and in what manner it comes to us

chapter Chap. XXIII|68 pages

The Theory of our Planetary World. The SUN

chapter Chap. XXIV|32 pages

Of the Zodiacal Light, the Comets, and the fixed Stars