Thursday, April 2, 2015

Isaac Newton was a sinner.


 Newton was a famously introverted and private man. But his diary from around 1622 – when he was about 19 or 20 years-old – reveals an innocuously angsty, highly relatable side.
 This document, found in 1936 and now known as the Fitzwilliam Notebook, contains a list of 57 of his transgressions.
 He made pie on Sunday night. He picked on his sister. He fought with his parents. He questioned his commitment to God, thought about death and he ate an apple in church.
 Why did Newton write all of this down?
Maybe he was just trying to relieve his guilt and lighten his internal burden.
 Isaac Newton’s laundry list of sin.

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