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Jean-Paul Sartre, French writer and philosopherA graffiti comment on Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), the French writer and philosopher -- no doubt a witty reference to his existentialist philosophy
Michel De MontaigneMICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE French writer. Famous for his philosophical Essais. He was also mayor of Bordeaux
John Cowper PowysJOHN COWPER POWYS English Author of novels such as Owen Glendower (1940), poetry, philosophical and critical works
Rene Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher. His most famous philosophical statement was: I think, therefore I am
Man on Road PhotoWhere is he going ? Is there a bus strike ? Is he composing verses in his head or elaborating philosophical concepts ? Or has his car run out of petrol ? 1950s
This poor young ragamuffin looks up at the night sky and spects Heavens a very SMARTThis poor young ragamuffin looks up at the night sky and " spects Heavens a very SMART place" Date: 1950
Philosophical Text (Fragment)Bifolium from an unidentified text, parchment. Content seems to be a commentary of philosophical and religious nature. The text on each folio is written in two different but near-contemporary hands
Philosophical Treatise (Fragment)Half of a leaf, paper. Text in black in three columns in a cursive documentary script. It is heavily abbreviated but appears to be a philosophical text. The top half of the leaf is missing
Senegal bushbaby or lesser galago, Galago senegalensis. The galago of the Senegal. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814
Worker, soldier and queen termites, Macrotermes bellicosusWorker termite, Macrotermes bellicosus of Guinea 1, head of worker 2, soldier 3, head of soldier 4, female, winged state 5, and pregnant queen 6
London Trade Card - James Simons, Scientiific InstrumentsLondon Trade Card - James Simons, Mathematical, Philosophical and Optical Instruments, at Sir Isaac Newtons Head, corner of Marylebone Street, opposite Glasshouse Street. 18th century
Anaximander (610 546 BC) with a sundial. Roman mosaic. 3rdAnaximander (610- 546 BC). Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus. He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales. Anaximandder with a sundial
Johann Jakob EngelJOHANN JAKOB ENGEL German philosophical writer Date: 1741 - 1802
Manor or country house garden, with workers. Copper-plate illustration from Richard Bradley, New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical. Frontispiece. Date: 1739
Plato (424 / 423 BC-348 / 447 BC). Was a classical greek philosoPlato (424/423 BC-348/447 BC). Was a classical greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates. Founder of the Academy in Athens. Copy of portrait bust by Silanion. 4th century BC
William FairbairnWILLIAM FAIRBAIRN Engineer of Manchester, former president of the Literary and Philosophical Society of that city. Date: 1789 - 1874
Johann August EberhardJOHANN AUGUST EBERHARD German philosophical writer Date: 1739 - 1809
Four bulldogs on a greetings card -- The Philosophers. With quotations (forming a four-line verse) from Lucretius, Hamlet, Kirke White and Democritus. Date: circa 1890s
Factory filled with equipment to smelt metalA factory filled with equipment to smelt metal. From: Commercium philosophico-technicum; or, the philosophical commerce of arts: designed as an attempt to improve arts, trades, and manufactures
The Right Reverend John WilkinsTitle page and frontispiece of The mathematical and philosophical works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins. The frontispiece is a portrait of Wilkins. Date: 1708
Pavement artist 1930sA pavement artist kneels by his work, drawn in chalk on the street. The central wording reads, light burdens long borne grow heavy
Hans Van RiesHANS VAN RIES Flemish churchman and philosophical writer. Date: 1553 - 1638
Result of losing a game of ButtonsThe Game of Buttons - a philosophical response from victor to loser. Winner (to the ruined one) - " Well, dash it all, old man
Green-house. Copper-plate illustration from Richard Bradley, New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical. Plate III. Date: 1739
MENCIUS (372-289 BC). CHINESEMENCIUS (372-289 BC). Chinese philosopher of the Confucius philosophical school. Portrait of Mencius with the inscription:
Lloyd George and Herbert SamuelThe Liberal politicians David Lloyd George (1863-1945) and Herbert Samuel (1870-1963) watching a passing parade. Lloyd George was War Minister
Armstrongs hydro-electric machineHydro-electric machine invented by William George Armstrong (1810-1900), later Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, in the 1840 s
Adolphe FranckADOLPHE FRANCK French philosophical writer