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Re: The Angry Man's review of Newtons 'Principia'

From Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity, sci.physics, alt.usage.english
Subject Re: The Angry Man's review of Newtons 'Principia'
Date 2025-04-10 07:51 +0200
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Am Dienstag000008, 08.04.2025 um 07:28 schrieb Bertitaylor:
> Newton getting forgers hanged led to the establishment of modern
> finance. Previous metals have got represented by intrinsically worthless
> paper or plastic and now some twists on cyberspace. Which means immense
> and everlasting prosperity for everyone. The only way this was possible
> was to make copying impossible or very difficult.
> 
> Sir Isaac Newton knew this would happen. Adam Smith's ideal notion that
> money is labour and vice versa got its practical realisation with the
> goal of impossibility of forgery. That is, difficulty in counterfeiting.
> Which was what Newton was up to. No longer would people have to lug gold
> and silver around. Those who work have their ability to do so as their
> wealth. So in a free and open society all healthy and cheerful folk are
> naturally wealthy.
> 
> Undoubtedly Sir Isaac Newton was the greatest benefactor of humanity.

As far as I know, Newton was an alchemist and tried to create gold from 
other metals.

So, in a way he was a forger himself.

But I also have heard, that Newton was actually 'fabricated' himself 
(similar to Shakespeare).

TH

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  Re: The Angry Man's review of Newtons 'Principia' bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) - 2025-04-08 05:28 +0000
    Re: The Angry Man's review of Newtons 'Principia' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2025-04-08 08:33 +0200
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    Re: The Angry Man's review of Newtons 'Principia' Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-04-10 07:51 +0200
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        Re: The Angry Man's review of Newtons 'Principia' Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-04-11 06:44 +0200
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