Malia wrote:--but it is *somewhat* ironic that Keats would say such a thing considering his first career was in the scientific field of medicine.
if science explains all natural and supernatural phenomena it leaves little room for the imagination of the poet to explore.
Becky wrote:but i think the drinking toast is to something like advanced mathematics. Sometimes i could say the same about poetry though - i like it best when its just being poetry, not ideology.
Especially when Richard Dawkins gets a hold of it uurrggh, grrr, simultaneously, in my limited experience of him
jesleeall wrote:One (belated) thought: wasn't Keats at a dinner or party when he joined in with others who were disparaging science and made the "unweaving" comment? According to his biographers, he was always making extravagant statements, "rhodomontades," that he didn't necessarily fully believe in. I always thought this comment, made in high spirits at a party, probably fell somewhere in that category.
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