(May 1, 2014 at 5:22 pm)ManMachine Wrote: Newton really didn't get into his flow until after his breakdown, which many believed was mercury or lead poisoning from his alchemy experiments. His early interest in the occult may have inadvertently unlocked his later genius, in a roundabout way.
Could be. Wasn't his "Principa" written while he was in his reclusive period?