Description | English: Lucretius pointing to the casus, the downward movement of the atoms, from the frontispiece of a 1714 edition of Thomas Creech’s translation of Lucretius |
Date | 1714 |
Source | T. Lucretius Carus of the Nature of Things (https://archive.org/details/tlucretiuscaruso01lucr/page/n5/mode/2up) |
Author | Designed by “T. C.” (possibly Thomas Creech, died 1700); drawn and engraved by M. Burghers |
Tag Archives: Philosophers
Angry philosopher hurling a book
Description |
English: An angry philosopher hurls his book disproving the existence of fairies at the head of an ignorant countryman
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Date | |
Source | A Christmas Gift from Fairy Land, 1838 (https://archive.org/stream/giftfromfairylan00paul#page/n83/mode/2up) |
Author | Unknown engraver |