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It is an observation which all the world can verify, that there is nothing so deplorable as the conduct of some celebrated mathematicians in their own affairs, nor anything so absurd as their opinions on the sciences not within their jurisdiction.

Kenelm Digby

Kenelm Digby

Kenelm Digby

Born: July 11, 1603

Died: June 11, 1665 (aged 61)

Bio: Sir Kenelm Digby was an English courtier and diplomat. He was also a highly reputed natural philosopher, and known as a leading Roman Catholic intellectual and Blackloist.

Known for:

The Temple of Memory
Maxims of Christian Chivalry
Journal of a Voyage Into the Mediterranean

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