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The Age of Reason · Character

Newton

Scientist whose work is contrasted with biblical cosmology.

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Also known as Newton or Descartes

First appearance: the age of reason

Newton shows up with force in XII: The Effects of Christianism on Education; Proposed Reforms. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Hypothetically mentioned as a scientist who would have been persecuted if he lived three or four hundred years earlier.
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In XII: The Effects of Christianism on Education; Proposed Reforms: Hypothetically mentioned as a scientist who would have been persecuted if he lived three or four hundred years earlier. Later, in Endnotes: Bishop of…

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JCJesus ChristMOMosesSWSwiftEVEveJOJoshuaNENewton

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  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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