When he finished school and was living at home, it quickly became plain to see that the prospect of farming was far from his mind. Instead of learning about the farm, he spent his time experimenting and even constructing mechanical models. As a result, and through his mother's doing, he was sent to Trinity College in Cambridge because she could see that farming was not for him. He lived at

Cambridge starting in 1661, continuing on fo

Hall, Rupert A. Isaac Newton: Adventurer in Thought. Cambridge University Press. 1996

Protestant tradition, his mature views on theology were neither Protestant, traditional, nor orthodox. “In the privacy of his thoughts and writings, Newton rejected a host of principles he considered mystical, irrational, or superstitious (Hall 187).” In today’s time period he would be considered a Unitarian.

Berlinski, David. Newton's Gift: How Sir Isaac Newton Unlocked the System of the World. Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group. 2002

Newton's research in theology, prophecy, and history was a quest for reason and unity. His passion was to unite knowledge and belief, to reconcile the Book of Nature with the book we call the Bible. But for all the elegance of his thought and the boldness of his ambition, the riddle of Isaac Newton remained. In the end, Newton is as much an enigma to us as he was, no doubt, to himself.

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