Images Dated 3rd November 2011

David Hume, Scottish philosopher

David Hume (1711-1776). Historical artwork of the Scottish enlightenment philosopher, historian and economist David Hume. Hume opposed the rationalists such as Descartes in believing that human passions ruled reason. In his A Treatise of Human Nature he tried to create a naturalistic science of man examining the psychological basis of human nature. He challenged the natural theological argument from design in his Dialogues concerning Natural Religion 1779. He is seen as a founding father of cognitive science and influenced (amongst others) Albert Einstein, Karl Popper, Charles Darwin, Immanuel Kant, Shopenhauer and Wittgenstein. Published in Lives of men of letters and science by Henry Brougham, in 1846

© Todd-White Art Photography

Aurochs, historical artwork

Aurochs, historical artwork. 16th Century woodcut of an aurochs (Bos primigenius) from La description du royaume de Pologne (the description of the kingdom of Poland) by Blaise de Vigenere (1573). The aurochs is the ancestor of domestic cattle

© Todd-White Art Photography

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Valley Hoellental, Wetterstein mountain chain during late fall close to Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Valley Hoellental, Wetterstein mountain chain during late fall close to Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The torrent hammersbach. During fall and winter, the Hoellental is a remote arctic valley. Germany, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria

© Martin Zwick / DanitaDelimont.com

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