Interesting how the mind and body work to allow things to happen. Woke up this morning an hour earlier than i usually do - which was just enough time to read John Taylor Gotto's treatise on schools, science and religion. There are so many gems in the package, that i collated them in a file for a future essay.
'Late 19th century education did not grow from known 17th century seeds; it was a new and unexpected genius whose ultimate character could not have been predicted and whose emergence troubled well-disposed, high-minded people.'
The text is highly interesting, very long and gives one pause to ponder. Taken in context with other things going on in the world, the premise illuminates, but only if one groks the context of religion through history. Charismatic leaders have as much sway in history, but that is usually not recognized during the time period in which that person lived, because each action contains legacy that is only found in retrospect. Rewriting history is an insidious means of changing belief. But who knows what 'we' believe any longer. Which i think is the point of the essay along with how things change when order attempts to contain chaos.
There is direct implication here to science - what it is and what it is for, in a world view sense. That will be a topic for a day when i have no pressing business.
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