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The mathematician Joseph-Louis Lagrange said that Newton was the greatest genius who ever lived, and once added that Newton was also "the most fortunate, for we cannot find more than once a system of the world to establish."


how would an italian mathematician know about an english mathematician at the time?

>> No.10594186

>>10594181
Lagrange was born 10 years after Newton died.

>> No.10594188

>>10594186
how would an italian mathematician know about what is going on in England

>> No.10594190

>>10594181
They had journals in the 18th century...

>> No.10594191

>>10594188
Are you serious bro?

>> No.10594196

>>10594188
based mentally dull anon

>> No.10594207

>>10594188
Scientists are still trying to answer this question.
Also Newton was well known and well regarded in his own lifetime.

>> No.10594210

>>10594188
We invented these things called "books". Good books, like your mum, were passed around a lot. This was Newtons Principia.

>> No.10594212

>>10594207
is that true? i thought we really didn't know about Newton until the 1960s when his work became publicly known

I always wondered if Einstein knew who Newton was

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>>10594212
Are you colored?

>> No.10594335

>>10594212
Science become the big thing in the 1700s mainly because of Newton

>> No.10594338

>>10594212
>i thought
Why did you think this? Where did you learn it?

>> No.10594351

>>10594181
What does that even quote mean? Can someone translate to my retard level?

>> No.10594357

>>10594181
because all educated men at the time knew the importance of Newtons achievements and read his work obviously. The fact that most intellectuals knew Latin as a lingua franca helped

>> No.10594369

>>10594210
LOL

>> No.10594419

>>10594338
Not him, but I've heard this bullshit before. No idea who's spreading it.

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>>10594181
>"the most fortunate, for we cannot find more than once a system of the world to establish."

>> No.10594546

>>10594351
He's claiming that Newton is the greatest genius that ever lived, but by saying he is the most fortunate he is acknowledging that there could have been geniuses of the same or greater caliber, but since the "system of the world" had already been established, these hypothetical geniuses would never have the opportunity to prove themselves in the same way.