The Unknown Newton

An anonymous reader writes "The unknown Newton -- The genius who gave us three laws of motion wrote even more about the Apocalypse and the Whore of Babylon. Eventually, all of his work -- about 10 million words -- will be on the Web. Quote from the article: 'Yet if we go by sheer word count, physics was only one of Newton's intellectual priorities. He devoted more time to what we would now regard as non-scientific topics such as theology and alchemy, writing treatise after treatise on early church history and biblical prophecy.' An interesting note on Pythagoras and religion too. Should we consider ourselves 'Natural Philosphers' instead of Scientists?" Neal Stephenson fans may find this article a nice adjunct to Quicksilver.

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Da Vinci Code

[abhikhurana]

This doesn't much come as a surprise, does it? I mean according to Les Dossiers Secrets (yes, they do exist), Newton was a member of the Priory of Sion (it exists/existed as well). The connection between the grail and the Priory is questionable but it is a known fact that the Priory was never a friend of the Church. So it is not really surprising that Newton delves into early history of Church.

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[canicus]

I neglected to give the title of the book but gave the TOC for the whole collection. It is Against Heresies by St. Irenaeus and is located in vol. 1.