The Life of James Clerk Maxwell: With a Selection From His Correspondence and Occasional Writings and a Sketch of His Contributions to Science

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Maxwell preferred "metaphysics" over mathematics:

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• Rinat M. Nugayev, “Communicative Rationality of the Maxwellian Revolution,” Foundations of Science 20, no. 4 (November 1, 2015): 447–78

quotes Maxwell (letter in his bio. by Campbell and Garnett 1882, p. 261):

I find I get fonder of metaphysics and less of calculations continually

and Gustav Kirchhoff’s comment

He is a genius, but one has to check his calculations.

This succinctly summarizes Duhem's view of Maxwell, too!

• p. 232
  He read and seemed to disagree with Newman's Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine.