Within the history of physics, many phenomena have been synthesized into a few theories. In the earlier history of physics, the phenomena of motion, heat, sound, light, and gravity were all separate, however the works of people like Newton, who gave us the laws of motion, showed us that things that appeared to be different were aspects of the same thing.

Newton was a victim of this, in that his work was heralded by members of the enlightenment, who had an entirely different perspective on the nature of reality and existence with regards to the significance of religion: Newton was thoroughly religious and even ventured into the areas of esotericism, notably Alchemy, and likely did not see the efficacy of his work as proof of the value of reason over religion, or as a detractor for the value of religion entirely.

Since its development by Newton, Classical Mechanics has been applied to a growing range of dynamical systems, including the Electromagnetic Field.

On the other hand, Plato and Newton, felt that time existed regardless of whether or not there were events going on inside of it.