Assertion: newton | /r/CapableOf | write the principia
Facets:
value: between 1686
type: TEMPORAL
value: between 1684
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: When Newton wrote the Principia between 1684 and 1686, he was not contributing to a preexisting field of study called mathematical physics; he was attempting to show how philosophers could employ various mathematical and experimental methods in order to reach conclusions about nature, especially about the motions of material bodies.
text: Clearly, one reasonable motive for uncovering a nuanced interpretation of Newton's letter to Bentley is the obvious fact that Newton apparently regarded action at a distance as perfectly possible when writing the Principia.