https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_(Blake)
Blake’s opposition to the Enlightenment was deeply rooted. In his annotation to his own engraving of the classical character Laocoön, Blake wrote “Art is the Tree of Life. Science is the Tree of Death.”
You know, I did get the impression this wasn’t a flattering portrait, but he really hated newton, apparently.
Newton was incorporated into Blake’s infernal trinity along with the philosophers Francis Bacon and John Locke.[5]
Damn!
Yeah, I’ll never know their hearts and minds, so it doesn’t really matter compared to their actions.
I don’t mind giving them an out, personally, if they need a way to pretend they’re not shitty, amoral people (i was tricked! gosh! I would never parrot obvious lies for my own advantage! I was naive!) to resolve cognitive dissonance and stop being shitty in this way. I don’t blame anyone else for not giving that to them.
They don’t deserve it.