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Published · transcript-backedKatherine Rundell: belief
11 Jan 2023 Conversations with Tyler Katherine Rundell on the Art of Words
“I think that Donne was compelled by the idea of heavens and compelled by the idea, which he found deeply troubling, of scientific discoveries which were casting in doubt the great certainties of the previous generations.”
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- Katherine Rundell
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- 11 Jan 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Why did Donne visit Johannes Kepler? I think, a fascination with the stars. I think that Donne was compelled by the idea of heavens and compelled by the idea, which he found deeply troubling, of scientific discoveries which were casting in doubt the great certainties of the previous generations. He had a complicated relationship with innovation. I think he went to Kepler to understand more about the ways that we moved around the sun and that the moons moved around us. In what ways was Donne a typical homeschooled child?…
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