and who he was?
Yeah. That's why he had a portrait of him in his office.
>>9164864
well its possible that in a pre-internet, he would of had no knowledge about him
i mean did 17th century English scholars know about Aristotle or Plato?
>>9164865
>i mean did 17th century English scholars know about Aristotle or Plato?
this HAS to be bait...
>>9164867
you are the retard here. do you know how long that was?
>>9164873
17th century English scholars had no idea who Aristotle or Plato was. That's why they all spoke multiple dialects of Latin and Greek and were obsessed with Greek and Roman philosophy and literature.
>>9164873
long ago
>>9164861
I would guess somebody would have mentioned him at the Physcists' Mixer at Princeton.