Tag Archives: Frans Snyders

benevolent nature: and then came darwin

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Dave

…The world was not only imaginatively comprehensible, it was benevolently ordered. It is true that, ever since Copernicus and Galileo, the earth could no longer be regarded as the center of the universe; the music of the spheres was stilled. … Continue reading →

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darwin: everything is amazing and nobody’s happy

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Dave

…Charles Darwin’s body lies in Westminster Abbey, close to the grave of Sir Isaac Newton. It is a proximity which few would challenge, nor is there any oddity in the presence there of Newton, devout Christian and Biblical scholar that … Continue reading →

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darwin: doubting the fixity of species

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Dave

…The folklore of scientific invention and discovery has left no striking tale of the revelation to Darwin of the clue of the origin of species, like Newton’s apple, Stephenson’s kettle lid, or Galileo dropping weights from the leaning tower of … Continue reading →

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something doesn’t smell right

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Dave

And thus spake Zarathustra…Business is business, but in terms of public relations its not the most exciting coup of the year. That a German investment group that according to Der Spiegel made its pile of loot from conficated jewish property … Continue reading →

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