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This document appears to be page 13 of an academic text or essay included in House Oversight Committee files (stamped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013513). The text explores the historical intersection of mathematics, physics, and theology, citing figures like Descartes, Newton, and Euler who maintained religious beliefs alongside their scientific work. It contrasts this with the later shift toward 'operationalism' and the separation of mechanics from theology, highlighted by Ernst Mach and Bridgeman.
People (16)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Descartes | Enlightenment rationalist |
Described as responsive to the call of the Spirit.
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| Napier | Inventor of logarithms |
Wrote commentary on the Book of Revelations.
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| Pascal | Mathematician and physicist |
Believed a religious relic cured his sister; wrote about the Devil and miracles.
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| Cauchy | Mathematician |
Known for efforts to convert fellow mathematicians to Roman Catholicism.
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| Gauss | Mathematician |
Attributed difficult theorems to the grace of God rather than hard work.
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| Liebniz | Inventor of calculus |
Corresponded with John Bernoulli using scriptural quotations.
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| Newton | Inventor of calculus |
Mentioned alongside Liebniz.
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| John Bernoulli | Mathematician |
Corresponded with Liebniz using biblical diagrams.
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| Euler | Mathematician |
Discussed spirits and soul in 'Letters to a German Princess'; maintained Calvinist faith.
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| Bell | Commentator/Author |
Quoted regarding Euler's faith.
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| Ernst Mach | Scientist/Philosopher |
Attributed the separation of mechanics from theology to the principle of least action; author of 'The Science of Mech...
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| Bridgeman | Philosopher/Scientist |
Conducted philosophical analyses of physical theory (1936); associated with operationalism.
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| Maupertuis | President of the Berlin Academy |
Proposed principle of least action as evidence of the Creator; recommended opium for creative thought.
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| Frederick the Great | Monarch |
Friend of Maupertuis.
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| Voltaire | Writer |
Parodied Maupertuis in a 1752 story.
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| Dr. Akakia | Fictional Character |
The character Voltaire used to portray Maupertuis as naïvely foolish.
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| Berlin Academy |
Maupertuis was the president of this institution.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013513'.
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In letters between Liebniz... and... John Bernoulli
Maupertuis, an eccentric friend of Frederick the Great
Maupertuis... was famously parodied for doing so by Voltaire
Key Quotes (4)
"Gauss... said that a difficult to prove theorem did not result from hard work but '...the grace of God.'"Source
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"Bell said Euler '...never discarded a particle of his Calvinist faith.'"Source
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"It was to the working out of a law of mechanics called 'the principle of least action' that Ernst Mach attributed the beginning of the separation of physical mechanics from formal theology."Source
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"Maupertuis recommended the use of opium to facilitate creative thought"Source
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