Force and Popkin Articles

Force focuses a lot on the "hues" of Newton and how he feels about certain writers or other interpreters tendency to focus on only one aspect of Newton's contributions.  In his article he argues that Newton himself did not focus on one aspect of his success, but rather, used his knowledge in both science and theology to fuel each other in his discoveries and claims. The Popkin article does exactly what the Force article was arguing against.  It focuses mainly on the points of Newton's theology-based contributions. He is able to influence the reader that Newton's theological standpoints were the undermining basis for much of his scientific beliefs. These two authors, with much evidence, research, and valid points that are constructed in their papers would probably receive an A+ if the assignment was to study Newton's work and determine the places, words, ideas, beliefs, and experiments that influenced his  contributions to science and theology.