tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post4889514742291809340..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Did Jesuit missionaries help Newton develop calculus?Fr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-13132201277847585222007-08-15T20:33:00.000+01:002007-08-15T20:33:00.000+01:00The Indians certainly were responsible for the int...The Indians certainly were responsible for the introduction of the number zero. It is said that Newton and Leibniz discovered Calculus at about the same time, but, as in all Mathematics one very important feature is the language or symbols used to convey the ideas. In the field of Calculus it is Leibniz's notation which is used now because it somehow gets the matter across in a more useful way.<BR/>Digressing, if you will pardon it.<BR/>I was reading an article about Orthodox Theology and this article gave me, at least, reason to doubt the Orthodox's understanding of Baptism and Transubstantiation. Where they fall down is in the underpinning Philosophy behind their Theology. They are neo-Platonists and they lack the ideas of Substance and Form which Thomistic Philosophy gives us.<BR/>Again, this, like the Calculus needs the right foundation and means of expressing the ideas you have.<BR/><BR/>JARayJARayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138004129894177863noreply@blogger.com