Letter, from Abbé [Antonio Schinella] Conti to [Brook Taylor], dated at Paris Addressed to Brook Taylor at Mr Vernon at the 'naked boy' near Ludgate. Letter in two parts. Has shared Taylor's letter on the topic of the controversy with [Jean Bernoulli] with many, but not with [Pierre] Varignon yet. Suggests that the best course of action is not to get drawn into the controversy and carry on publishing good discoveries and publish good books. Mentions [René] Descartes's irritation when reading [Antoine] Arnaud's objections as historical precedent. Awaiting with impartience [Roger] Cote's publications and [James Stirling] Sterlin's method published in the Philosophical Transactions [Methodus differentialis Newtoniana illustrata, Phil. Trans. 1718]. Would like to hear from [Abraham de Moivre] 'Monsieur des Aiguilliers' as he has been silent for 3 years. Sends [Isaac] Newton his respects, will send some lines of poetry he has written on his philosophy but has a more ambitious project to summarise his philosophy in four volumes. Will start on the project when ha has finished writing his Drusius [Tragedy, 'Druso' published eventually in 1748]. Is currently working on the second act and [Henry St John, Viscount of Bolinbroke] is supporting it. Later postscriptum mentions that Taylor's letter has now been shared with Varignon who still supports Bernoulli and underlines errors in his demonstration. Conti notes that [Varignon and Bernoulli] still do not know how to distinguish between the method of calculus and the idea of quantities. Has shared the letter with [Giacomo Filippo] Maraldi, who dislikes Bernoulli and was scandalised. Promises that Taylor's letter will not leave his hands. 14 July 1721