# Newton — The Age of Reason character guide

> Newton in The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Newton or Descartes

**First appearance:** 0001-the-age-of-reason

## Who they are

Scientist whose work is contrasted with biblical cosmology.

## In the story

### [XII: The Effects of Christianism on Education; Proposed Reforms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_age_of_reason_se/chapters/part-i-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.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_age_of_reason_se/chapters/endnotes)

Bishop of Bristol; criticized by Paine for superficial treatment of prophecies.

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