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Obsolete differences

Published on
March 26, 2015
Last updated
May 27, 2015

Aristotle first divided the arts from the sciences and, on balance, I think he got it right (“Two tribes? Look for similarities instead of spotting differences�, Opinion, 19 March). Works of art are unique and stand for ever. However, scientific discoveries are always in danger of becoming obsolete – for example, Newton’s laws of motion were blown out of the water by general relativity and quantum field theory.

History, however, is an interesting case – it is clearly part of the arts and humanities, but historical theories can often be rendered obsolete with further research.

Mencius
Via timeshighereducation.co.uk

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