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pmcray ([personal profile] pmcray) wrote2004-01-05 10:13 am
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Newtonmas

A little late, but I've got a lot of emails to check now I'm back at work.

http://homepage.mac.com/redbird/doc/newtonmas.html

Not sure Newton would approve. Did he celebrate Christmas at all? I suspect not.
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[identity profile] daveon.livejournal.com 2004-01-05 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
He was a religious old bird though wasn't he? I seem to recall some god bothering statements he made being used by various Christian factions.

[identity profile] pmcray.livejournal.com 2004-01-05 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
He was certainly religious. He spent a great deal of time searching for hidden meanings in The Bible. However, he had heterodox views (he was a unitarian), so kept quiet about the exact nature of beliefs. However, as someone who was influenced by the Puritan culture of the mid C17th, I doubt he celebrated Christmas a great deal. According to "Quicksilver", he bearly ate at anytime, which might explain why he lived to 84.
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