Letters on the English author of "Novum Organum" and father of experimental philosophy. Letter 13 is about John Locke and his theories on the immortality of the soul. Letter 14 compares British philosopher Isaac Newton to French philosopher René Descartes. Upon his death in 1727, Newton was compared to Descartes in a eulogy performed by French philosopher Fontenelle. While the British did not appreciate this comparison, Voltaire argues that Descartes, too, was a great philosopher and mathematician. Letter 15 focuses on Newton's law of universal gravitation. Letter 16 talks about Newton's work with optics. Letter 17 discusses Newton's work with geometry and his theories
Nietzsche and Philosophy Spoke Zarathustra" (1883), Nietzsche twice denies that "the eternal return is a circle which makes the same return." "Nietzsche and Philosophy" became a celebrated work. The philosopher Peter Dews writes that "Nietzsche and Philosophy" was central to the post-structuralist texts of the decade that followed its publication, including Deleuze's "Anti-Oedipus" (1972). According to Ronald Bogue, "Nietzsche and Philosophy" marked a significant turning-point in French philosophy, which had previously given little consideration to Nietzsche as a serious or coherent philosopher. Bogue writes that Deleuze was one of the first commentators to discuss the concepts of the will to power and the