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The Magic of Isaac Newton

On The Significance of His Obsession with Alchemy

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Nathan Knopp
Jul 29, 2024
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Overview

Here at System Failure, we consider it our duty to defend certain taboo ideas. Magic is one of them. The modern scientific view is that our minds are contained within an objective universe, whereas the magical tradition of the Renaissance suggests that the observable universe is actually contained within the mind. Notice that dreams feel solid a…

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