Philosophical Collection

Michel De Montaigne
MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE French writer. Famous for his philosophical Essais. He was also mayor of Bordeaux

Jean-Paul Sartre, French writer and philosopher
A graffiti comment on Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), the French writer and philosopher -- no doubt a witty reference to his existentialist philosophy

John Cowper Powys
JOHN 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 Photo
Where 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 SMART
This 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 bellicosus
Worker 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 Instruments
London 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. 3rd
Anaximander (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 Engel
JOHANN 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 philoso
Plato (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 Fairbairn
WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN Engineer of Manchester, former president of the Literary and Philosophical Society of that city. Date: 1789 - 1874

Johann August Eberhard
JOHANN 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 metal
A 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 Wilkins
Title 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 1930s
A pavement artist kneels by his work, drawn in chalk on the street. The central wording reads, light burdens long borne grow heavy

Hans Van Ries
HANS VAN RIES Flemish churchman and philosophical writer. Date: 1553 - 1638

Result of losing a game of Buttons
The 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). CHINESE
MENCIUS (372-289 BC). Chinese philosopher of the Confucius philosophical school. Portrait of Mencius with the inscription:

Lloyd George and Herbert Samuel
The Liberal politicians David Lloyd George (1863-1945) and Herbert Samuel (1870-1963) watching a passing parade. Lloyd George was War Minister

Armstrongs hydro-electric machine
Hydro-electric machine invented by William George Armstrong (1810-1900), later Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, in the 1840 s

Adolphe Franck
ADOLPHE FRANCK French philosophical writer

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