Bring principles and experience into dialogue.
Works, testimonies and further readings are distinguished. Dates refer to composition or first publication, as specified in each entry.
These records cover major works and editions, distinguishing the Newton translation from its original. Letters, fragments and other manuscript items have not yet been individually indexed, so this catalog is not an exhaustive bibliography.
Published anonymously in 1740 and revised in 1742, the book intervenes among Newtonian, Cartesian and Leibnizian traditions. Its use of Leibniz and Wolff is an original contribution rather than mere repetition.
Explore this workVisit the source(new tab)The 1741 published letter made public a dispute arising from Foundations of Physics. It shows a woman scholar directly entering scientific debate dominated by male academies.
Explore this workVisit the source(new tab)Submitted anonymously to the Academy of Sciences competition for 1738 and published among competition memoirs in 1744, the work did not win the prize. Composition and publication dates must be distinguished.
Explore this workVisit the source(new tab)The edition appeared in 1756 and 1759 after her death, with Clairaut’s editorial involvement. The translation belongs to du Châtelet; Newton authored the original work.
Explore this workVisit the source(new tab)Written toward the end of her life and published posthumously, the discourse joins moral reflection to situated experience. It is neither a complete autobiography nor a universal formula for happiness.
Explore this workVisit the source(new tab)The manuscript work belongs to the 1730s; its transmission and modern editions must be distinguished from a complete original publication in the translator’s lifetime. Mandeville authored the English work.
Explore this workVisit the source(new tab)The corpus has a complex manuscript and editorial history; modern editions organize material that need not form a finished book published by its author.
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