"Newton was not the first of the Age of Reason. He was the last of the magicians, the last of the Babylonians and the Sumerians... because he looked on the universe and all that is in it as a riddle, as a secret which could be read by applying pure thought to certain evidence, certain mystic clues which God had lain about the world to allow a sort of philosopher's treasure hunt..."
(No comments. I just thought that was a cool quote.)
