The common English idiom/concept of "art vs. science" presents an appealing duality at a fundamental level. The modern world is a stark departure from the worl

The common English idiom/concept of "art vs. science" presents an appealing duality at a fundamental level. The modern world is a stark departure from the world of the past. This we know. Fields of art and study naturally fall into a binary categorisation. This we know. It is the division of philosophy into two distinct forms -- one that seeks explanations of reality through reason and the other that attempts to use reason to explain reality -- that allowed this modern world to exist. This we know. An analytical thinker uses poetic thinking (and poetry) as an argument. Dude was mad or mad satire.