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[BERKELEY, GEORGE.] The Analyst; or, A Discourse addressed to an Infidel Mathematician.Wherein it is examined whether the Object, Principles, and Inferences of the Modern Analysis are more distinctly conceived, or more evidently deduced, than Religious Mysteries and Points of Faith. [10], [3]-94, [2] pages, including errata leaf at end. 8vo, 198x122 mm, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked; contents toned, title dusty. Stamp of the Bible scholar Benjamin Harris Cowper (1822-1904) on front endleaves. London: J. Tonson, 1734
first edition. "The Analyst . . . is a sustained critique of Newton's influential theory of fluxions, a theory Berkeley considered incoherent and a disservice to mathematics, but one which, if unchecked, might reinforce prevailing views on the divisibility of matter and support infidelity. The work generated wide interest and opposition among professional mathematicians" (ODNB). Wallis 245.42.
