Using Philosophy to Know the World Doesn't Work
Subject
Science Virtue and its Impact on History
So proud men have thought, in all walks of life, since Giordano Bruno was burned alive for his cosmology on the Campo de' Fiori in 1600. They have gone about their work simply enough. The scientists among them did not set out to be moralists or revolutionaries. William Harvey and Huygens, Euler and Avogadro, Darwin and Willard Gibbs and Marie Curie, Planck and Pavlov, practised their crafts modestly and steadfastly…
Emphasis
Object
Lear on Why there only seven planets.
Foole: The reason why the seuen Starres are no mo then seuen, is a pretty reason. Lear: Because they are not eight. Foole: Yes indeed, thou would'st make a good Foole.
Why they relate
The philosopher Hegel thought he proved through philosophy that there were only seven planets, Shakespeare's King Lear things the same, and thus would make a very good fool.