TY - JOUR AB - The first Principia Mathematica (1686) by Sir Isaac Newton with reference to natural philosophy and his system of the world has largely contributed to the first revolution in scientific thinking in modern times. It has created the conceptual basis of modern science in the classical tradition by providing the tools of analysis and the technique of reasoning in terms of stability—from—within or, as we would say today, the model of stable equilibrium conditions. VL - 13 IS - 7/8 SN - 0306-8293 DO - 10.1108/eb014020 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb014020 AU - Rugina Anghel N. PY - 1986 Y1 - 1986/01/01 TI - New and Old Foundations of Economic Analysis T2 - International Journal of Social Economics PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 3 EP - 67 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -