Eva, in part, wrote:
"I thought there was progress in art as well as in science. Both in it's
function and it's technology."
What lead you to think this, Eva? What counts as evidence and proof for
you in this matter? If you and I were looking at paintings by
Michaelangelo, lets say his 'The Fall of Man' in the Sistine Chapel and
Picasso's 'Guernica' ; how would you help me to see how Picasso's work has
progressed beyond Michelangelo's.
When Einstein was asked if he was upset that a younger friend had died
before he did; Einstein replied that "the past, the present and the future
are illusions, albeit stubborn ones". Was this the third rate philosopher
speaking or the first rate physicist?
Dismissing 2/3's of Newton's writings as third rate puzzles me. Richard S
Westfall, historian of science, and considered to be the authority on
Newton's life and work, wrote a paper; "Newton and Alchemy" in the book
"Occult and Scientific Mentalities in the Renaissance" 1984, pp.315-335. In
this paper Westfall summarizes the role of Newton's alchemy in his
development of the concept of force; which led to 3 laws of motion...
A belated Happy Ground Hog Day, it comes half way,exactly, between the
winter solstice and the spring equinox - A sacred day for alchemists.
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