customer Isaac NewtonArguably the most important and influential scientist in history, he discovered the laws of motion and universal gravitation. For the first time in history, the laws of the universe could be described in the extremely rational language of mathematics. Newton’s elegant equation is enlightenmentwhich moves away from church doctrine centered on God in favor of a worldview centered on reason. Many leaders of the Enlightenment turned to deism, if not outright atheism. But not Newton.
In 1936, Newton’s dating document, circa 1662, was sold at Sotheby’s auction and was eventually sold at auction. Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge, UK). of fitzwilliam manuscript It has long been a source of interest for Newtonians. The notebook contains not only a series of increasingly difficult math problems, but also cryptic strings such as:
Naved Efihik
Wfnzo Cpmfke
If you can solve this, there are some people in Cambridge who would like to talk to you.
But what’s really interesting about this document is that it’s incredibly personal. Newton rattles off a long list of sins he committed in his relatively short life. When he wrote this, he was about 20 years old and still a university student. cambridge. He divided the list into two categories: before Pentecost in 1662 and after. (Incidentally, Pentecost Sunday is Pentecost Sunday.) Pentecostcelebrated seven weeks after Easter. ) It’s not immediately clear why he chose that particular day to bisect the timeline.
Some sins are quite opaque. For example, we don’t know what exactly the phrase “to feather in thy day” means, but it certainly sounds like a long-lost euphemism. Other sins, like “sulking with your mother,” are immediately associated with good old-fashioned teenage brashness. The complete list can be found below. The entire document can be read at the following URL: Click here for Newton Project.
Before Pentecost 1662
1. Speak the Word (God) openly
2. Eat an apple at your house
3. Make a feather in your day
4. Deny that I am successful.
5. Make your day a mousetrap
6. Invent a chime for your day
7. A gush of water on your day
8. Make pie on Sunday night.
9. Swim in the Kimnel on your day
10. Choose him on your day by sticking a pin in Aeon Key’s hat.
11. Carelessly listen to and commit many sermons.
12. I refused to go all the way on my mother’s orders.
13. Threaten Father and Mother Smith and threatens to set them and the house above them on fire.
14. Some people want and want death.
15. Surprise many people
16. You tend to have impure thoughts, words, actions, and dreams.
17. Steal the cherry cob from Eduard Stoller
18. Deny that you did it
19. I refused a crossbow to my mother and grandmother even though I knew it existed.
20. Focus on the joy of learning about money rather than yourself.
21. Relapse
22. Relapse
23. My covenant was broken again at the Lord’s Supper.
24. Hit your sister
25. Steal plums and sugar from your mother’s box.
26. Call Dorothy Rose Jade.
27. Stickiness in illness.
28. Discord with mother.
29. With my sister.
30. Differences with servants
31. A diver performs all my duties.
32. Useless discourse in your day and other times.
33. I won’t approach you for my love
34. Not living according to your beliefs
35. I don’t love you for yourself.
36. We don’t love you for your goodwill toward us.
37. I don’t want your ritual.
38. My {illegal} admiration for you won’t last long.
39. Fear those who stand above you.
40. Confronting illegal means of getting out of trouble
41. Concern more about worldly things than God.
42. We do not long for God’s blessing on our honest efforts.
43. The chapel is gone.
44. Defeat Arthur Stoller.
45. The grumpiness of Master Clerks for his bread and butter.
46. ​​Trying to disguise it with a brass half-crown.
47. Twist the string on Sunday morning
48. Read the history of Christian Champions on Sunday.Since Pentecost in 1662
49. Gluttony
50. Gluttony
51. Make the towel from Wilford your own.
52. Negligence in the chapel.
53. Sermon at St. Mary’s (4)
54. Lies about lice
55. He denied knowing that my room mate was making fun of him.
56. Neglecting prayer 3
57. Help Pettit make a water clock at 12 o’clock Saturday night.
via JF Ptak Science Book/Public domain reviews
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