Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in law suits as have to do with her.


letter to Edmond Halley, 20 June 1686, in H. W. Turnbull (ed.) Correspondence of Isaac Newton vol. 2 (1960)


Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in law suits as have to do with her.

Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in law suits as have to do with her.

Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in law suits as have to do with her.

Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in law suits as have to do with her.