...from the time of Kepler to that of Newton, and from Newton to Hartl…

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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...from the time of Kepler to that of Newton, and from Newton to Hartley, not only all things in external nature, but the subtlest mysteries of life and organization, and even of the intellect and moral being, were conjured within the magic circle of mathematical formulae. ✨ Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1848). Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life, p.31
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