Newton was strongly deistic (he did feel that the ultimate force behind his empirical laws of motion was the hand of G_D), but hardly a Christian in the formal theological sense. To attribute his physics to formal Christian theology (as Smith did) is to misread him.
Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] On Sep 17, 2010, at 9:25 AM, Louis E. Schmier wrote: > As an historian, I'll attest that Michael Smith is right. Some of you are > showing your anti-religion bias. Newton, for example, felt that his greatest > work was not the Mathamatica Principia, but his commentary on the Bible. So, > if you think Michael's explanation is "shallow," for starters, I would send > you to Majorie Nicolson, Breaking the Circle and Moutain Gloom, Mountain > Glory, Alexandre Koyre, From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe, and > Arthur Koestler, Sleepwalkers. > > Make it a good day --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4930 or send a blank email to leave-4930-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
