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I'm not sure I follow the connection here: > only a polytheistic tradition (such as Athens) can breed a love of natural beauty which obligates a love of knowin
by UncleOxidant 6y ago
I'm not sure I follow the connection here:
> only a polytheistic tradition (such as Athens) can breed a love of natural beauty which obligates a love of knowing its ways.
None of the people in your list below were polytheists:
> Galileo, Descartes, Newton
- achillesheels 6y agoThey were principally moved by Aristotle, however. First by Galileo falsifying him. Further, the development of analytical geometry and calculus necessitated the Greek polytheistic “infatuation” with geometry.