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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1717851, member: 5682&quot;]Thank you for bringing Seneca&#039;s quote to my attention. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Seneca:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It would easy to dismiss Seneca as &quot;only a philosopher&quot; and not a scientist. It is important to remember, however, that the concept of a &quot;scientist&quot; only came in the late 18th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to then, scientists were considered &quot;natural philosophers,&quot; dabbling in alchemy and philosophy, as well as in scientific discovery and exploration,.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, Isaac Newton&#039;s breakthrough book on classical mechanics from 1687 was entitled:<u> Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica</u> (&quot;Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy&quot;).</p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting article:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.academia.edu/467038/The_Use_of_Magnifying_Lenses_in_the_Classical_World" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.academia.edu/467038/The_Use_of_Magnifying_Lenses_in_the_Classical_World" rel="nofollow">http://www.academia.edu/467038/The_Use_of_Magnifying_Lenses_in_the_Classical_World</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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