Scruton forgets that Newton came to the conclusion that the universe is mechanical and deterministic mainly because he held there was a transcendental force or being (ie. God) holding it together and making it so. Scruton is wrong about the Newtonian model being devoid of subjective experience, because the conclusion was based partly on it.
@RevengeOfIjapa Surely conclusions of God's continued hand in the new models were attempts to keep madness at bay, find an audience and avoid lynch-mobs......like Cartesian doubt leading to the sorry 'proof' of God's existence. The new scientists hoped in vain to wash the divine blood-stains off their hands.
@sybyly It's true but Newton was still deeply religious (unsure about Descartes, but he may have been a deist). Newton was not orthodox in his Christianity, though: he was an Arian. Even in his unpublished works he expressed deep religiosity, even attempting to calculate the year of the Second Coming (upon failing he calculated it would not happen before 2060). Had he been publicly exposed as an Arian, he would have been hung for it. He recorded his beliefs but he didn't publish dangerous ones.
no purpose whatsoever....moral and spiritual nihilism. This world view is so prevalent
in western society that it is only as we draw back the curtain as in this set of films that we recognise the changes silently realised in the last 50 years. Busking monk plays solo bach on the streets of Europe, exploring beauty, freely giving and talking about life and beauty to whoever stops. open our eyes and soften our hearts!
No values in the Enlightenment?! Come again!
skymeli 1 month ago
anyone know what piece is playing around min 6:30?
MWLtpt10 1 month ago
Does anyone know the song that begins at 4:20?
AeacusCanti 4 months ago
@AeacusCanti sounds like something Philip Glass would compose
th3wing3dpaint3r 2 months ago
Scruton forgets that Newton came to the conclusion that the universe is mechanical and deterministic mainly because he held there was a transcendental force or being (ie. God) holding it together and making it so. Scruton is wrong about the Newtonian model being devoid of subjective experience, because the conclusion was based partly on it.
RevengeOfIjapa 9 months ago
@RevengeOfIjapa Surely conclusions of God's continued hand in the new models were attempts to keep madness at bay, find an audience and avoid lynch-mobs......like Cartesian doubt leading to the sorry 'proof' of God's existence. The new scientists hoped in vain to wash the divine blood-stains off their hands.
sybyly 9 months ago
@sybyly It's true but Newton was still deeply religious (unsure about Descartes, but he may have been a deist). Newton was not orthodox in his Christianity, though: he was an Arian. Even in his unpublished works he expressed deep religiosity, even attempting to calculate the year of the Second Coming (upon failing he calculated it would not happen before 2060). Had he been publicly exposed as an Arian, he would have been hung for it. He recorded his beliefs but he didn't publish dangerous ones.
RevengeOfIjapa 9 months ago
no purpose whatsoever....moral and spiritual nihilism. This world view is so prevalent
in western society that it is only as we draw back the curtain as in this set of films that we recognise the changes silently realised in the last 50 years. Busking monk plays solo bach on the streets of Europe, exploring beauty, freely giving and talking about life and beauty to whoever stops. open our eyes and soften our hearts!
buskingmonk 10 months ago
our sense of beauty is a biological adaptation
somor98 10 months ago
@somor98 Why would we evolve a sense of beauty?
sned10000 9 months ago 2
who wrote the piece at 1:35? sounds perty
brotherkito 1 year ago
Thaks for posting this Nightingale. How sad that so few are interested in this central theme of our being.
DrDeist 1 year ago 2