In the thousands of years of human civilization with recorded history, hundreds of people have been born who changed the course of history. These great men have played a great role in promoting the progress of human civilization; they have made outstanding contributions in various fields of society.
Someone recently conducted a survey on a certain platform; who is greater, Confucius or Newton? The results of the survey are a bit surprising; 95% of netizens believe that Newton is greater than Confucius; it can be said that they overwhelmingly support Newton . Regarding the contributions of these two sages to human civilization, Newton is highly recognized.
Both Newton and Confucius played a great role in promoting the progress of human civilization. Confucius is the founder of Confucian culture and the master of it. He was an outstanding educator and thinker in ancient my country. Even in contemporary times, every Chinese has a deep imprint of Confucian culture. It has influenced the development process of our society for thousands of years. There is still a Confucian cultural circle in the world, including countries such as China, Japan and South Korea.
We ordinary people know that Newton only has a history of about 100 years; but Newton is the founder of today's natural sciences. He is known as the "Father of Physics" and is a physicist and mathematician. He played a very important role in the progress of human civilization, especially industrial civilization and contemporary civilization. Humanity's entry into industrial civilization is closely related to the progress of natural sciences. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, our country fell behind the world civilization process. In fact, it fell behind in the natural sciences, which caused our country to experience a long feudal society.
Newton and Confucius are viewed from the current thinking and perspective; Confucius is the master of social sciences, and Newton is the first modern scholar. Their contributions are very great. After mankind entered the 19th century, the process of civilization has been dominated by natural sciences, which has continued to this day and continues to strengthen. The importance of social studies is declining year by year and has been reduced to general subjects.
Final Conclusion
In the " Ranking of the 100 People Who Impacted the Process of Human History" written by the famous American scholar Mike Hart, Newton ranked second and Confucius ranked fifth. Both sages have made indelible contributions to social progress and have been recognized by the world. Since the two are in different eras, there are certain limitations of the times; the comparability is not particularly strong, it is a bit like Guan Gong versus Qin Qiong .
The contribution of Confucius and Newton's If Theory to the world; Newton's influence is far greater than that of Confucius. Physics courses are now offered in all countries. As long as there are physics courses, the physical theories established by Newton cannot be avoided; Newton's achievements have penetrated into all corners of modern civilization. Confucius's influence is limited to the Chinese cultural circle; his contribution to the construction of modern civilization is indeed much smaller; if I were to vote, I would vote for Newton.
