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Subject: Newtonian Revolution
Category: Relationships and Society
Asked by: kivo-ga
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Posted: 07 Nov 2003 21:40 PST
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Question ID: 273761
Hi there:)
Can you please give me a summary of the Newtonian Revolution, what
prompted it, when it happened, who was involved, and how it shifted
the perception of Europe or the world.
Thanks
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Subject: Re: Newtonian Revolution
From: larryg999-ga on 16 Nov 2003 21:29 PST
 
There are many (hundreds of) excellent books on this topic, for
example:  The Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science
(John Henry).  See also the writings of Carl Jung.

However, assuming you really do want a very simplified summary:

As a result of the Newtonian Revolution, alchemy was replaced by
chemistry, astrology was replaced by astronomy, etc.  Alchemy is
defined as an early form of chemistry, with philosophical and magical
associations.  Alchemy is a seamless blending of inner psychological
transformation (the search for "psychological gold") while gazing for
days into a crucible of chemical reactions (the attempt to transform
base metals into gold).

Sir Issac Newton (1642-1727) practiced both halves of these sciences
-- the interior mystical quest, and the external science where every
hypothesis must be proven true or false, by performing experiments
which can be reproduced by any researcher.

The Newtonian Revolution, by distilling the practice of alchemy into
the science of chemistry, enabled man to enslave nature to his own
ends -- hence the rapid advance of material prosperity in Modern
Europe, vs. the "stagnation" of Medieval Europe.  The holy trinity of
science is:  knowledge, prediction, control.

Thus, this "shift in perception" transformed Medieval Europe into
Modern Europe.  One negative consequence of this "shift of perception"
was the suppression and devaluing of the mystical -- the "Newtonian
clockwork universe" in which, given the position and initial velocity
of every particle in the universe, the future is predictable in every
detail -- a universe in which everything is predictable, cold and
dead.

In the 20th century the psychologist Carl Jung (and many others)
reinvigorated civilization by mining the "philosophical gold" which
had been paved over by the Newtonian Revolution.  For example, Jung
discovered that all of the symbols of alchemy are alive and numinous
in the collective unconscious of humankind; these symbols find
expression in our dreams.
Subject: Newtonian Revolution
From: gatch-ga on 21 Nov 2003 04:04 PST
 
The answer is embedded in the question... that mechanical motion based
upon the rolling of a wheel, actions and reactions caould be made to
happen under the preasure of steam in a cylinder and this motion could
be put to work by assembling apparatus which evolved into steam
engines which were at first staionary and then became mobile. What
prompted this discovery was the freedom to think the impossible by
experiment, and the shaping of that inquiry by need... to move heavy
objects in the case of the development of the steam engine it was
coal. We will never know who made the first discoveries but the ideas
fell into the hands of early engineers like Richard Trevithick and
quicky progressed through names like George Stevenson. It happenned in
the Celtic regions which have always shown advancement in
technological thinking... the Romans used celtic swordsmiths as they
held the best knowledge of metalurgy at the time. The rapid
development of steam power and transport systems thgoughout the United
Kingdom gave Britain thirty or forty years head start in the explosion
of economic growth of the industrial revolution. Britain managed to
shape the world as we know it which is why more than 70% of all world
registered patents are British. They invented everything from plate
glass to copper pipes, methods for making steel to the computer you
use at present. Some people look at the British as the leading world
civilisation... even ahead of the United States, which has all the
money... yet the British have all the brains. They are a little bit
odd, isolated but they seem to have one of the best systems under
which to live. And still they have a Queen which is the oldest of all
systems going way back in tradition to ancient egypt. The Newtonian
revolution shifted the perception of europe and the world to realise
we live on one planet and are one species. We should be grateful to
the British for brining us to where we now are. In fact thier system
seems to work so well that we could adopt their Queen to become a
World Queen. If it works then lets do it.
Subject: Re: Newtonian Revolution
From: omniscientbeing-ga on 21 Nov 2003 08:40 PST
 
"In fact their system
seems to work so well that we could adopt their Queen to become a
World Queen."

A World Queen?  

Wow. Would California's Governor be able to run for World Queen after
the current Queen dies?

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