On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 12:17:09 -0400 Dennis Perrin <dperrin at comcast.net>
writes:
> >Of course, people treat his writings as
> > scripture sometimes, in a very mechnical and braindead way. But it
> > doesn't have to be.
> >
> > Doug
>
> I agree, and I never said the old guy's insights were or are
> worthless. I
> just don't see why someone would name their world outlook and even
> themselves after him.
I am inclined to agree, but then in biology people talk about Darwinism and Darwinian biology too. I am not sure why the modern science of evolutionary biology should bear the name of its founder, any more than the tradition of scientific socialism should have to bear the name of its founder but that is apparently the way things happened to work out.
>He's a valuable resource (and a fascinating
> subject --
> really enjoyed Francis Wheen's bio) but not, as you say, a god.
I am not sure that anyone here is making that claim. The again, I have the greatest admiration for Newton, Darwin, and Einstein, but I don't think that they were gods either.
Jim F.
>
> DP
>
>
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