Isaac Newton (jan 4, 1643 – mar 31, 1727)
Description:
Mathematician-Science can yield "objective truth"
-Scientists are unbiased
-Progress should be valued
-Influence on transition to Enlightenment (height of which was in the late 18th-19th centuries)
-Science can "shed light" on the dark corners of human ignorance
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Date:
jan 4, 1643
mar 31, 1727
~ 84 years