Philosopher Collection (page 15)

Human skeleton viewed from the side. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard after an illustration by Andreas Vesalius
FLO4611588 Human skeleton viewed from the side. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard after an illustration by Andreas Vesalius from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva

Details of the anatomy of the human ear, showing cochlea, stapes, incus, malleus, semicircular canal, etc
FLO4611637 Details of the anatomy of the human ear, showing cochlea, stapes, incus, malleus, semicircular canal, etc. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard after an illustration by Guichard Joseph

Dissection of the human hand and foot to reveal muscle, ligament and bone
FLO4611552 Dissection of the human hand and foot to reveal muscle, ligament and bone. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva

Flayed human body revealing muscle system and tendons seen from the front
FLO4611548 Flayed human body revealing muscle system and tendons seen from the front. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard after an illustration by Bernhard Albinus from Denis Diderot's

Rectum with seistule, syringotome (syringe) for incising the anal fistula
FLO4611875 Rectum with seistule, syringotome (syringe) for incising the anal fistula, several bandages - Plate from " L'Encyclopedie" by Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

St. Augustine, in bishop's dress, is seated between two youth, with an open book resting on his knees;they are
3561268 St. Augustine, in bishop's dress, is seated between two youth, with an open book resting on his knees;they are surrounded by festive angels

Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) meditating on his "Emile", leans against a tree in a buccolic landscape
PCT4261505 Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) meditating on his "Emile", leans against a tree in a buccolic landscape near his home in the Montmorency countryside

Portrait of John Locke, 1778 (engraving)
FLO4608166 Portrait of John Locke, 1778 (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of John Locke, English philosopher and physician, 1632-1704)

Duties towards the homeland: Obedience to the law. Socrates's death (engraving)
DUV4212743 Duties towards the homeland: Obedience to the law. Socrates's death (engraving); (add.info.: Duties towards the homeland: Obedience to the law. Socrates's death)

Erasmus, 1466-1536 (engraving)
8632100 Erasmus, 1466-1536 (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Erasmus, 1466-1536)

Oswald Spengler, German polymath (b/w photo)
8673218 Oswald Spengler, German polymath (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oswald Spengler (1880-1936), German polymath

Friedrich Engels (1820-95) in 1879 (b/w photo)
538711 Friedrich Engels (1820-95) in 1879 (b/w photo); (add.info.: German socialist and collaborator and supporter of Karl Marx. Lived mainly in England from 1842)

Casting cannon: tapping furnace to allow molten metal to run into the moulds a feet of workmen on left
530558 Casting cannon: tapping furnace to allow molten metal to run into the moulds a feet of workmen on left. On right, puddler is skimming off impurities

Voltaire, 1840 (litho)
1574706 Voltaire, 1840 (litho); (add.info.: Voltaire (1694-1778) born Francois-Marie Arouet. French Enlightenment writer and philosopher. Lithograph, Paris, c1840.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Jozef Kremer, 1875
1579402 Jozef Kremer, 1875; (add.info.: Jozef Kremer (1806 - 1875) Polish historian of art, a philosopher, an aesthetician and a psychologist, 1850.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Herbert Spencer, 1880
1577208 Herbert Spencer, 1880; (add.info.: Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 - 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

John Stuart Mill, 1865
1577183 John Stuart Mill, 1865; (add.info.: John Stuart Mill, (20 May 1806 - 8 May 1873) was a British philosopher, political economist and civil servant

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1800
1577099 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1800; (add.info.: Portrait of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth

Cotton velvet workshop, engraving from Encyclopedia by Diderot and d'Alembert 1751-1772
1745824 Cotton velvet workshop, engraving from Encyclopedia by Diderot and d'Alembert 1751-1772; (add.info.: Cotton velvet workshop)

Wrought Iron: Rolling and slitting mill. From Diderot ''Encyclopedie'' c1751
865636 Wrought Iron: Rolling and slitting mill. From Diderot ''Encyclopedie'' c1751.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

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Studies of Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (engraving)
8626174 Studies of Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

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Epicurus, ancient Greek philosopher and sage (engraving)
8635149 Epicurus, ancient Greek philosopher and sage (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Epicurus (341-270 BC), ancient Greek philosopher and sage

Zeno of Citium, ancient Greek philosopher (engraving)
8635146 Zeno of Citium, ancient Greek philosopher (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Zeno of Citium (c334-c262 BC), ancient Greek philosopher

Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher (engraving)
8635144 Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aristotle (384-322 BC), ancient Greek philosopher

Pythagoras, ancient Greek mathematician (engraving)
8635016 Pythagoras, ancient Greek mathematician (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pythagoras (c570-c495 BC), ancient Greek mathematician

Johann Gottfried von Herder, German philosopher and poet (colour litho)
8655458 Johann Gottfried von Herder, German philosopher and poet (colour litho) by Graefle, Albert (1809-89); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744-1803)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and writer (colour litho)
8655455 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and writer (colour litho) by Ramsay, Allan (1713-84); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Swiss philosopher and writer

Diogenes and Plato (litho)
8660749 Diogenes and Plato (litho) by Titus, C. (fl.1915); Private Collection; (add.info.: Diogenes and Plato. Many sharp wordy combats were waged between the philosopher Diogenes and Plato)

Frontispiece of "Physics" of the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BC), edited in Lyon in 1561 (engraving)
AIS5356771 Frontispiece of "Physics" of the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BC), edited in Lyon in 1561 (engraving); Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; © Iberfoto.

The suicide of Seneca the Younger
5616137 The suicide of Seneca the Younger; (add.info.: Woodcut depicting the suicide of Seneca the Younger (4 BC- 65 AD) a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and author, in the bathtub

Alexander the Great visits Diogenes
6266149 Alexander the Great visits Diogenes; (add.info.: Alexander the Great visits Diogenes. The story is that Diogenes was basking in the morning sun)

Greek philosopher Diogenes the Cynic
6266148 Greek philosopher Diogenes the Cynic; (add.info.: Greek philosopher Diogenes the Cynic c.400 BC -323 BC, about to throw away his cup which he considered merely an encumbrance after seeing a)

Democritus lost in meditation
6266147 Democritus lost in meditation; (add.info.: Democritus lost in meditation. Democritus, c. 460 BC- c.370 BC. Ancient Greek philosopher who conceived an atomic theory of the universe)

So called "pseudo Seneca" portrait, could represent Seneca, Hesiod or Ennius, 2nd century AD (marble)
6384296 So called "pseudo Seneca" portrait, could represent Seneca, Hesiod or Ennius, 2nd century AD (marble); Palazzo Massimo alle Terme & Museum, Rome, Lazio

Candide, 1845 (engraving)
6356296 Candide, 1845 (engraving); (add.info.: Philosophic tale by french writer Voltaire in 1759); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Immanuel Kant at the table with friends, 19th century (engraving)
FGL5484908 Immanuel Kant at the table with friends, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers

Enlightenment: 'Portrait (Bust) of Denis Diderot (1713-1784), writer and philosopher'
BEN5478522 Enlightenment: 'Portrait (Bust) of Denis Diderot (1713-1784), writer and philosopher'. sculpture by Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828).Hotel du Breuil in Saint-Germain

Woodcut engraving depicting Pythagoras shown here using string and wind musical instruments
5309467 Woodcut engraving depicting Pythagoras shown here using string and wind musical instruments; (add.info.: Woodcut engraving depicting Pythagoras shown here using string)

Revolutionary playing cards, depicting (left) Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and (right) Voltaire
5309134 Revolutionary playing cards, depicting (left) Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and (right) Voltaire, from the French Revolution, 18th century; (add.info.: Revolutionary playing cards)

Joseph Priestley's gun barrel apparatus
5308238 Joseph Priestley's gun barrel apparatus.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Joseph Priestley's gun barrel apparatus which he used when he wished to examine gases from various substances)

Frontispiece of "Philosophical Works" by the French philosopher Denis Diderot (1713-1784), 1819 (engraving)
AIS5355326 Frontispiece of "Philosophical Works" by the French philosopher Denis Diderot (1713-1784), 1819 (engraving); Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona

Couverture de "Le Leviathan, ou la Substance"(Leviatano), forme et puissance du Commonwealth par Thomas
AIS5367280 Couverture de "Le Leviathan, ou la Substance"(Leviatano), forme et puissance du Commonwealth par Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), 1668. Barcelone

Portrait of Nikolaus Krebs, called Nikolaus von Kues (1401-1464) German thinker
AIS5363052 Portrait of Nikolaus Krebs, called Nikolaus von Kues (1401-1464) German thinker.; (add.info.: Portrait of Nikolaus Krebs said Nikolaus von Kues (or Nicholas of Cusa or Cuse or Chrypffs)

Portrait of John Locke, 17th century (engraving)
IAN5617672 Portrait of John Locke, 17th century (engraving); (add.info.: English Philosopher); Photo © Aunaies.

Portrait of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), French philosopher, writer and mathematician
XEE5027653 Portrait of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), French philosopher, writer and mathematician; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), French philosopher

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In the vast realm of philosophy, great minds have shaped our understanding of the world and ourselves. From Hegel's contemplation on history to Nietzsche's provocative ideas, philosophers have left an indelible mark on human thought. Ludwig Wittgenstein, known for his complex philosophical investigations, is often depicted as a caricature - a reflection of his enigmatic nature. His words challenged conventional wisdom and invited us to question the very foundations of language. The Emerald Tablet, also known as Tabula Smaragdina or Smaragdine Table, holds ancient wisdom that transcends time. Its cryptic verses speak of the unity between the microcosm and macrocosm, guiding seekers towards enlightenment. Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir were not only intellectual powerhouses but also partners in life. A candid photograph captures them sharing a meal at a Parisian café in 1964 - their animated conversation echoing their profound philosophies on existentialism and feminism. David Hume, one of Scotland's most influential thinkers, delved into matters of knowledge and skepticism with wit and intellect. A satirical caricature portrays him with exaggerated features that mirror his sharp mind. Immanuel Kant revolutionized moral philosophy by emphasizing reason as the foundation for ethical decision-making. His categorical imperative urged individuals to act according to principles they would want universally applied. Iris Murdoch explored morality through her novels while simultaneously engaging in philosophical discourse. Her works examined themes such as love, virtue, and personal responsibility – inviting readers to reflect upon their own lives. Antonello da Messina's masterpiece "Saint Jerome in his Study" depicts a scene where solitude becomes fertile ground for deep contemplation. This painting encapsulates how philosophers throughout history sought solace within their studies to unravel life's mysteries. From ancient texts like The Emerald Tablet to modern-day intellectuals like Jean-Paul Sartre or Iris Murdoch.