Arcadia

, first published after his death by his sister Mary, Countess of Pembroke, in 1590, and from her, for whom, indeed, it had been written, called

the Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

.

Sir Isaac Newton was living in the

Spectator's

time. He died in 1727, aged 85. John Locke had died in 1704. His

Essay on the Human Understanding

was first published in 1690. Sir William Temple had died in 1699, aged 71.

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