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Jean-François Baillon, « Isaac Newton, adversaire des innovateurs et des enthousiastes », Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle
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Newton's interpretation of his own scientific endeavour as an attempt to restore the wisdom of the ancients is a well-established fact. As a theologian, he developed a strikingly similar attitude to the Christian religion. A closer examination of his theology reveals a link between innovation and “enthusiasm,” two attitudes that he equally condemned. In many cases, Newton seems to ascribe innovation to individuals (such as Athanasius) or groups (such as the Montanists) who substituted or supplemented the divine revelation with the products of their own imagination. Just as reality guarantees the veracity of scientific experiments, the Bible guarantees the veracity of genuine Christianity. The corruption of the latter by the introduction of inventions parallels, in Newton's thought, the corruption of primitive science by metaphysical constructions.
