person
Isaac Newton
Newton
also: Ньютон
The English physicist and mathematician, invoked here as the archetype of the great (male) creative genius against whom Chekhov measures women's supposed lack of creative achievement.
Reading notes
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 17–18 April 1883. Moscow. §8 Newton
Isaac Newton, invoked as the archetype of great creative genius against which Chekhov (mock-seriously) measures women's achievements.