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Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 17: Sir Isaac Newton

Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 17: Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton, 1689, Sir Gottfried Kneller. Public Domain, PD-old-100
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Although each essay in this series is pegged to one or more individuals, the series fundamentally isn’t about the individuals, but the ideas they represent.

Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson is a former constitutional law professor and senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver. He is the author of “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (4th ed. publication pending). He also is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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