ADDENDA TO §§ 54, 58, 73 



246. Additional data on the fundamental concep- 

 tions relating to fluxions and on the use of the 

 Newtonian and the Leibnizian notations in England 

 during the Hfetime of Newton are contained in 

 George Cheyne's Philosophical Principles of Relzgioti, 

 Part li, London, 17 16. Fart I of this book 

 appeared first in 1705. Like Berkeley's Analyst, 

 which was written later, Cheyne's book, Fart I and 

 Fart II, had for its primary purpose the refutation 

 of atheism. Cheyne says in his preface to the third 

 edition of Fart I, "that Atheism, may be eternally 

 confounded, by the most distant Approaches to the 

 true Causes of naturai Appearances. And that if 

 the Modem Fhilosophy demonstrates nothing else, 

 yet it infallibly proves Atheism to be the most 

 gross Ignorance. " 



Fart 1 1 of Cheyne's book consists of three chapters 

 and of seven pages of " Additions. " He says in his 

 preface to this part that, excepting one short note, 

 the third chapter and the "Additions" are " what 

 the reverend and ingenious Mr. John Craig sent me 

 about seven years ago, when 1 desired him . . . to 

 vvrite me down his Thoughts on, correct or alter, 



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