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I have written much about Isaac Newton's fascination and even acceptance of the Noahide Laws on this blog (here, here, here & here). Now I have found that Newton believed the Noahide Laws were based on natural science and mathematics. I think it is time to admit that Newton was a Noahide proper.
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One salient aspect of the Noachide creed, according to Newton, is its emphasis on the intimate connections between theology and natural philosophy.55 Newton maintains that “there is no way (with out revelation) to come to ye knowledge of a Deity but by the frame of nature.”...
...Notably both Milton and Newton believe that, for the fit but few, mathematics provides access to the original synthesis between theology and natural philosophy instilled in (or restored by) the Noachide Code. Newton considers his mathematical discoveries instrumental to regaining an original, uncorrupted insight into divine providence and pure knowledge of God as the God of Dominion. For Newton, by calculating fluxions and fluents, we momentarily can reverse the adverse impact of sin and corruption, especially idolatry, on our powers of perception so that we can recognize the difference between nature in its present corruption and nature in its pure, original framework...
...Just as mathematics sharpens our ability to recognize the fluent crosscurrents among past, present, and future in a typological reading of history, so interpreting poetic metaphors, similes, and symbols enhances our appreciation of the providential significance that typological allegories disclose. At the end of book 11 of Paradise Lost, Adam recognizes that the rainbow not only is a rainbow (a literal reading) but also a prophetic symbol, poetic allegory, or type, of God’s new covenant with his people. Adam’s insight accompanies God’s revival of true religion as the Noachide Code after the Flood. Newton similarly emphasizes that typological allegory is the key to understanding prophetic scriptural texts, such as the Book of Daniel and Revelation. In Theologiae Gentiles Origines Philosophicae, Newton writes that the sacred way to interpret philosophy is “per typos et aenigmata,” or “through types and enigmas...
...These same calculations also afford insight into the corrupting, sensual influence of idolatry, which leads us away from the simpleand-pure tenets of the Noachide Code...
...Notably both Milton and Newton believe that, for the fit but few, mathematics provides access to the original synthesis between theology and natural philosophy instilled in (or restored by) the Noachide Code. Newton considers his mathematical discoveries instrumental to regaining an original, uncorrupted insight into divine providence and pure knowledge of God as the God of Dominion. For Newton, by calculating fluxions and fluents, we momentarily can reverse the adverse impact of sin and corruption, especially idolatry, on our powers of perception so that we can recognize the difference between nature in its present corruption and nature in its pure, original framework...
...Just as mathematics sharpens our ability to recognize the fluent crosscurrents among past, present, and future in a typological reading of history, so interpreting poetic metaphors, similes, and symbols enhances our appreciation of the providential significance that typological allegories disclose. At the end of book 11 of Paradise Lost, Adam recognizes that the rainbow not only is a rainbow (a literal reading) but also a prophetic symbol, poetic allegory, or type, of God’s new covenant with his people. Adam’s insight accompanies God’s revival of true religion as the Noachide Code after the Flood. Newton similarly emphasizes that typological allegory is the key to understanding prophetic scriptural texts, such as the Book of Daniel and Revelation. In Theologiae Gentiles Origines Philosophicae, Newton writes that the sacred way to interpret philosophy is “per typos et aenigmata,” or “through types and enigmas...
...These same calculations also afford insight into the corrupting, sensual influence of idolatry, which leads us away from the simpleand-pure tenets of the Noachide Code...
SOURCE:
Rachel Trubowitz. "Reading Milton and Newton in the Radical Reformation: Poetry, Mathematics, and Religion". The University of New Hampshire. 2017. Retrieved 08/02/2020 from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314857881_Reading_Milton_and_Newton_in_the_Radical_Reformation_Poetry_Mathematics_and_Religion
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