One of Blake's most iconic prints, serving as a powerful critique of Enlightenment rationalism and empiricism. The great scientist Isaac Newton is depicted nude at the bottom of the sea, single-mindedly absorbed in measuring geometric shapes with a compass on a scroll. Rather than portraying him as a hero, Blake presents Newton as a symbol of the limitations of cold logic and materialism. Deeply fixated on his geometric laws, Newton turns his back on the rich, living textures of the natural world around him, illustrating how pure reason can blind humanity to spiritual and imaginative truths.