The quote begins with "Leibniz spent the next.." and ends with "secretary of the local Rosicrucian society". This quote caught my attention to begin with because of the similarity it brought up between Newton and Leibniz. That both men were part of secret societies, and that within these societies knowledge seemed to flow far more freely than in the universities at that time. The question it arouse to me was that of why did this happen? Universities are suppose to help push the knowledge barrier and create advancements but apparently this was not so, Leibniz even said that they were "monkish". These societies that were created, that seem to host many of the people we look at as genius, were where knowledge seemed to truly flow.
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