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I don't think it was an obsession. It was personal with Chaloner, because Chaloner called Newton a fraud. Newton was dutiful, honest and smart.
by emmelaich 3y ago
I don't think it was an obsession. It was personal with Chaloner, because Chaloner called Newton a fraud.
Newton was dutiful, honest and smart.
- hermitcrab 3y agoHe was also petty and vindictive. As shown by using his status in a long running attempt to ruin Leibnitz's reputation over the invention of calculus.