In 1959, CP Snow gave a Rede lecture entitled "The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution" which quickly became a touchstone for those interested in the divisions between the arts and the sciences. The idea of two intellectual "cultures" remains prevalent today and any discussions about the division between the arts and the sciences typically use Snow's lecture as the only historical basis. This debate, however, is much older than CP Snow and can be traced back to the beginnings of Western thought.
