Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: NEWTON AND THE 18TH CENTURY

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Newton was the indispensable starting point for 18th century thought from the physical sciences to medicine and the so-called "human sciences." Seminar will consider Newton and the complex legacy of his thought in other 18th century thinkers: Locke, Leibniz, Boerhaave, Voltaire, D'Alembert, Hume, Maupertuis, Buffon, Kant, Priestley, Blake and Goethe. This course is limited to first-year students only; any others will be removed from this course. Cross-list: HIST 167.