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Before Newton

It was the love of all wisdom

Afterward

It was the love of all things

Impossible to measure

An awkward "science"

Shrinking by the day

Decartes decayed

Kant couldn't

And Spinoza spun away

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I just finished a book on Isaac Newton. Before Newton, a scientist was called a "natural philosopher." After Newton, a scientist was called a scientist, and a philosopher was something entirely different. All Newton did was totally change the way we see the world around us. Wow!

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