As Keynes famously observed "Newton was not the first of the age of reason. He was the last of the magicians". One can argue that Newton was "pre-Newtonian"!<p>Keynes' essay on Newton is an interesting read: <a href="http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Extras/Keynes_Newton.html" rel="nofollow">http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Extras/Keynes_Newton.htm...</a>