] "Newton was not the first of the age of reason," Keynes
] said. "He was the last of the magicians, the last of the
] Babylonians and Sumerians, the last great mind which
] looked out on the visible and intellectual world with the
] same eyes as those who began to build our intellectual
] inheritance rather less than 10,000 years ago." Newton
] opened a door to our world, sure. But he belonged to the
] world we have left behind.

[ Neat. James Glieck informs, as always. -k]