# The General Scholium of the second Principia prints a public anti-hypothesis theology

Date: 1713

## The fact

The 1713 Principia carries Newton's General Scholium, a public statement against hypotheses and for a certain natural theology. It is not Cotes's preface and not a convocation statute. Isaac Newton's documented role is: He added the General Scholium attacking 'hypotheses' and stating a public natural theology. Cotes's preface is a neighbouring voice, not this Scholium.

## Context

Leibniz-Clarke is a neighbouring later fight. Cotes wrote a sharper anti-Cartesian preface. The setting of The General Scholium of the second Principia prints a public anti-hypothesis theology is the public file around 1713-07-02. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Contribution type is direct. Driver [political-polarization](/drivers/political-polarization) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

## Evidence and sources

SEP independently analyses the Scholium. Gutenberg carries later English. Official carrier: Project Gutenberg — Principia, General Scholium in later English (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28233; Project Gutenberg). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Newton's General Scholium (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/newton/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Official or archival record: Project Gutenberg — Principia, General Scholium in later English (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28233; Project Gutenberg).

## Significance

Worsening polarisation path of medium-low weight in learned Europe. Direct. Medium confidence on welfare lag; high on the text. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

## What is established and what is not

Established: the General Scholium is in the 1713 Principia. Not established: that it is a unique cause of later church politics. Established: a sourced public record of The General Scholium of the second Principia prints a public anti-hypothesis theology under 1713-07-02.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Stored separately from the 1713 title page because the Scholium is a distinct public theological-method instrument. Mixed effects of The General Scholium of the second Principia prints a public anti-hypothesis theology are separate paths.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

The contribution type is direct. The attached driver is political-polarization. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Shared responsibility is part of The General Scholium of the second Principia prints a public anti-hypothesis theology. Naming Isaac Newton does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1713-07-02 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## People

- Isaac Newton: https://factrail.ai/people/isaac-newton

## Drivers

- Political Polarization: https://factrail.ai/drivers/political-polarization

## Sources

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28233
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/newton/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/newton-general-scholium-god