Funny to think Blake should have chosen Newton as a symbol of excessive rationalism, given Newton's interest in alchemy. He was also religious, although an anti

Funny to think Blake should have chosen Newton as a symbol of excessive rationalism, given Newton's interest in alchemy. He was also religious, although an antitrinitarian - possibly not relevant to Blake's ideas of the divine. Anyway, it is also strange to me given that when I worked in a scientific field, I had a poster of 'The Ancient of Days' on my wall. Oh well.