tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post7493826303105524884..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Move over Jefferson, St. Augustine's Hot NowGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-31623406615976443942009-05-19T16:42:00.000+00:002009-05-19T16:42:00.000+00:00Brilliant - thanks. Speaking as mathematician, I ...Brilliant - thanks. Speaking as mathematician, I have to say that he might have had a point....Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-85879947802171659022009-05-19T16:41:00.000+00:002009-05-19T16:41:00.000+00:00Nice quote, but lets not forget that this man had ...Nice quote, but lets not forget that this man had a very narrow view of what sort of knowledge could freely circulate - witness this other quote :<br /><br />"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, .... the danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell"<br /><br />Augustine of Hippo, The Literal Meaning of Genesis, 2:18:37<br /><br />St. Augustine was decidedly a confused man...Jean-Marc Liotierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064902723155303224noreply@blogger.com