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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Andrew Roberts, O Captain, Our Captain; George Washington was a genius and a
titan, but it was politics, not war, at which he excelled. Wall Street
Journal, Oct. 2, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703882404575520061512222160.html
Note:
(1) feline (adj):
"2: resembling a cat: as
a : sleekly graceful
b : SLY, TREACHEROUOS
c : STEALTHY
All definitions are from www.m-w.com, except where noted.
(2) It is unclear (to me) what the first sentence means. But see
Otto von Bismarck
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发帖数: 6973 | 2 (1) Michael Burleigh, An American Triple Threat; How a trio of generals
worked together, except when they didn't, in taking the fight to Hitler.
Wall Street Journal, Apr 9, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405
2748703806304576236633362199332.html
(book review on Jonathan W. Jordan, Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower,
Patton, Bradley and the partnership that drove the Allied Conquest in Europe
. Caliber, 2011)
Note:
(a) gimp (n): "LIMP "
gimpy (adj... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 3 Eureka!
I finally find out what your tree--and flowers--is.
(1) I consider many possibilities.
One was the original posting was a hoax. I live in Boston, Massachusetts. On
the assumption that late April in Boston is about late October in Sydney,
Australia, I found it hard to believe that trees are so green in Sydney, let
alone flowers in bloom. (In boston, leaves change color and started falling
in mass about mid-October.)
(a) Sydney
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney
Section 2.3 Climate indica... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 4 David Pilling, At China's Limit; The entrepreneurs and intellectuals who
strive but never overstep. Financial Times, June 11, 2011 (title in print)
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/52c3abe8
-92d1-11e0-bd88-00144feab49a.html
(book review on Jianying Zha, Tide Players: The movers and shakers of a
rising China. The New Press, 2011)
Excerpt in the window of the print: 'The person who takes one step ahead of
others is a leader. The person who takes three steps ahead is a martyr'
Note:
(a) Jianying ZHA ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 31 | 5 Appendix IV.- The Almanak en-Ashraf
(Sekched Excerpts of the Noble Houses)
SHADDAM IV (10, 134-10,202)
The Padishah Emperor, 81st of his line (House Corrino) to
occupy the Golden Lion Throne, reigned from 10, 156 (date his
father, Elrood IX, succumbed to chaumurky) until replaced by
the 10, 196 Regency set up in the name of his eldest daughter,
Irulan. His reign is noted chiefly for the Arrakis Revolt,
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发帖数: 278 | 6 YUEH (yu'e), Wellington (weling-tun), Stdrd 10,082-10,191;
medical doctor of the Suk School (grd Stdrd 10,112); md:
Wanna Marcus, B.G. (Stdrd 10,092-10,186?); chiefly noted as
betrayer of Duke Leto Atreides. (Cf: Bibliography, Appendix
VII [Imperial Conditioning] and Betrayal, The.)
-from "Dictionary of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan
Although he heard Dr. Yueh enter the training room,
noting the stiff deliberation of the man's pace, Paul
remained stretched out face down on the exercise tab |
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发帖数: 278 | 7 Appendix IV: The Almanak en-Ashraf (Selected Excerpts of the
Noble Houses)
SHADDAM IV (10,134-10,202)
The Padishah Emperor, 81st of his line (House Corrino) to
occupy the Golden Lion Throne, reigned from 10,156 (date his
father, Elrood IX, succumbed to chaumurky) until replaced by
the 10,196 Regency set up in the name of his eldest
daughter, Irulan. His reign is noted chiefly for the Arrakis
Revolt, blamed by many historians on Shaddam IV's dalliance
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发帖数: 93 | 8 German Idealism (2)
Leibniz and the Pietists. Several factors contributed to the peculiarly
independent character of the Enlightenment in Germany. Most notable was
the influence of Liebniz and that of the Pietists. Leibniz was an essentially
religious personality, and in transplanting the spirit of the Enlightenment
into Germany he gave it that distinctively ethical and religious flavor which
became characteristic of German Idealism. It was he who was chiefly instrumental
in substituting the mec |
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发帖数: 759 | 9 CHAP. 17.--OF THE THREE MOST FAMOUS KINGDOMS OF THE NATIONS,
OF WHICH ONE, THAT IS THE ASSYRIAN, WAS
ALREADY VERY EMINENT WHEN ABRAHAM WAS BORN.
During the same period there were three famous kingdoms of
the nations, in which the city of the earth-born, that is,
the society of men living according to man
under the domination of the fallen angels, chiefly
flourished, namely, the three kingdoms of Sicyon, Egypt, and
Assyria. Of these, Assyria was much the most
powerful and sublime; for that king N |
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发帖数: 226 | 10 来自主题: TrustInJesus版 - 四种爱。 Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard(1090-1153) was one of the great leaders in the history of the Church
. He was an eloquent speaker and considered by many to be one of the holiest
indivicuals who ever lived. His works had a profound influence on both
Martin Luther and John Calvin. The following is from his well known work,
his treatise On the love of God.
1.The first degree of love: The love of self for self's sake.
2.The second degree of love: The love of God for self's sake.
3.The third degree of l... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1776 | 11 Chapter 1
Of the Holy Scripture
1. Although the light of nature, and the works of creation and
providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of
God, as to leave men unexcusable;
a
yet are they not sufficient to give
that knowledge of God, and of his will, which is necessary unto
salvation.
b
Therefore it pleased the Lord, at sundry times, and in
divers manners, to reveal himself, and to declare that his will unto his
a. Rom. 2:14–15. For when the Gentiles, which have not the la... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1776 | 12 CHAPTER I
Of the Holy Scripture
I. Although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence do
so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men une
xcusable;[1] yet are they not sufficient to give that knowledge of God, and
of his will, which is necessary unto salvation.[2] Therefore it pleased the
Lord, at sundry times, and in divers manners, to reveal himself, and to decl
are that his will unto his church;[3] and afterwards, for the better preserv
ing and p... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6791 | 13 A SPEECH OF Mr. JOHN MILTON
For the Liberty of VNLICENC'D PRINTING,
To the PARLAMENT of ENGLAND.
______________________________________________________________
This is true Liberty when free born men
Having to advise the public may speak free,
Which he who can, and will, deserv's high praise,
Who neither can nor will, may hold his peace;
What can be juster in a State then this?
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发帖数: 5754 | 14 Chapter 8: The Holy Spirit
We have spoken of the eternal purpose of God as the motive and explanation
of all His dealings with us. Now, before we return to our study of the
phases of Christian experience as set forth in Romans, we must digress yet
again in order to consider something which lies at the heart of all our
experience as the vitalizing power of effective life and service. I refer to
the personal presence and ministry of the Holy Spirit of God.
And here, too, let us take as our startin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 15 Chapter 8: The Holy Spirit
We have spoken of the eternal purpose of God as the motive and explanation
of all His dealings with us. Now, before we return to our study of the
phases of Christian experience as set forth in Romans, we must digress yet
again in order to consider something which lies at the heart of all our
experience as the vitalizing power of effective life and service. I refer to
the personal presence and ministry of the Holy Spirit of God.
And here, too, let us take as our startin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 16 2:19-20 Therefore, as someone who knew the will of God through Torah (i.e.,
the Law), he was confident (pevpoiqa", pepoithas) that he fulfilled the chie
f mediatorial (for God) and pedagogical role in the world. First, he was a g
uide to the blind (oJdhgoVn ei ai tuflw'n, hodegon einai tuphlon); he was su
pposed to lead those without Torah into a right relationship with YHWH. Seco
nd, and intimately related, he was supposed to be, again via his connection
with YHWH and the Torah, a light to thos... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3781 | 17 2:19-20 Therefore, as someone who knew the will of God through Torah (i.e.,
the Law), he was confident (pevpoiqa", pepoithas) that he fulfilled the chie
f mediatorial (for God) and pedagogical role in the world. First, he was a g
uide to the blind (oJdhgoVn ei ai tuflw'n, hodegon einai tuphlon); he was su
pposed to lead those without Torah into a right relationship with YHWH. Seco
nd, and intimately related, he was supposed to be, again via his connection
with YHWH and the Torah, a light to thos... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6791 | 18 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37726/37726-h/37726-h.htm
IN GOD'S WAY
SCHOOL-DAYS
I.
In the melting snow on the hill-side by the sea, in the last rays of the
evening sun, stood a boy of fourteen, awestruck. He looked toward the west,
out across the sea; he looked toward the east, over town and shore and the
broad hills; in the background still higher peaks rose far away in the clear
sky.
The storm had lasted a long time; it had been more terrible, too, than any
the old people could remember. In ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 19
also John Calvin's commentary on 黑暗却不接受光
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom34.vii.i.html
5. And the light shineth in darkness.
It might be objected, that the passages of Scripture in which men are called
blind are so numerous and that the blindness for which they are condemned
is but too well known. For in all their reasoning faculties they miserably
fail. How comes it that there are so many labyrinths of errors in the world,
but because men, by their own guidance, are led only to vanity an... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 801 | 20 灵魂的进化
也和话
序
现代基督教认为人是二元化的，人是由肉体和灵魂组成的。肉体死后，灵魂不灭，要受
耶和华审判，然后，信的人，不管是杀人、放火、强奸，照上天堂；不信的，不管做了
多少好事，一律下地狱受永火烧烤。
这个概念是从人们有灵魂这个概念起，经过几千年的演变，才发展到现在的样子。要了
解灵魂的历史，我们得回到六千年前的中东。
两个古代文明
由西面的幼发拉底河（Euphrates）和东面的底格里斯河（Tigris）冲出的平原地带，
共同界定美索不达米亚（Mesopotamia，希腊文，mesos 之间， potamos 河流，即“两
河之间”）。在现代的地图，美索不达米亚相当于伊拉克大部分和伊朗的西面。苏美尔
（Sumer，公元前4000年－前2000年）和巴比伦（公元前3000年－前700年）是其中两个
著名的美索不达米亚文化。
美索不达米亚是人类有记载的最早文明发源地，他们是最早掌握耕种技术的人群之一，
他们也是最早懂得通商的人，巴比伦国王汉谟拉比（Hammurabi，公元前1792年－前
1750年在位）更是人类文明第一个使用法典的人，根据传说，汉谟拉比是从太阳神那里
得到律... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 801 | 21 灵魂的进化
也和话
序
现代基督教认为人是二元化的，人是由肉体和灵魂组成的。肉体死后，灵魂不灭，要受
耶和华审判，然后，信的人，不管是杀人、放火、强奸，照上天堂；不信的，不管做了
多少好事，一律下地狱受永火烧烤。
这个概念是从人们有灵魂这个概念起，经过几千年的演变，才发展到现在的样子。要了
解灵魂的历史，我们得回到六千年前的中东。
两个古代文明
由西面的幼发拉底河（Euphrates）和东面的底格里斯河（Tigris）冲出的平原地带，
共同界定美索不达米亚（Mesopotamia，希腊文，mesos 之间， potamos 河流，即“两
河之间”）。在现代的地图，美索不达米亚相当于伊拉克大部分和伊朗的西面。苏美尔
（Sumer，公元前4000年－前2000年）和巴比伦（公元前3000年－前700年）是其中两个
著名的美索不达米亚文化。
美索不达米亚是人类有记载的最早文明发源地，他们是最早掌握耕种技术的人群之一，
他们也是最早懂得通商的人，巴比伦国王汉谟拉比（Hammurabi，公元前1792年－前
1750年在位）更是人类文明第一个使用法典的人，根据传说，汉谟拉比是从太阳神那里
得到律... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 801 | 22 可惜这个新约时代启示的神是宙斯，不是耶和华。连基督教的祖师爷们都说白了：
用奥古斯丁自己的话：“当我读柏拉图派的书，我被他们教育我去寻求真理。”（“
But when I read those books of the Platonists I was taught by them to seek
incorporeal truth” Confessions 7. 20）
德尔图良（Tertullian）写道：“我可以用柏拉图的观点来声称‘每个灵魂是不朽的。
’”“For some things are known even by nature: the immortality of the soul,
the instance, is held by many ... I may use, therefore, the opinion of
Plato, when he declares: ‘Every soul is immortal’”The Ante-Nicene Fathers
, vol. III
革利免（Clement）在他的Stromata第6卷第8章写道：“哲学是[神... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 801 | 23 可惜这个新约时代启示的神是宙斯，不是耶和华。连基督教的祖师爷们都说白了：
用奥古斯丁自己的话：“当我读柏拉图派的书，我被他们教育我去寻求真理。”（“
But when I read those books of the Platonists I was taught by them to seek
incorporeal truth” Confessions 7. 20）
德尔图良（Tertullian）写道：“我可以用柏拉图的观点来声称‘每个灵魂是不朽的。
’”“For some things are known even by nature: the immortality of the soul,
the instance, is held by many ... I may use, therefore, the opinion of
Plato, when he declares: ‘Every soul is immortal’”The Ante-Nicene Fathers
, vol. III
革利免（Clement）在他的Stromata第6卷第8章写道：“哲学是[神... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6300 | 24 de·ism
noun
belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who
does not intervene in the universe. The term is used chiefly of an
intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that accepted the
existence of a creator on the basis of reason but rejected belief in a
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发帖数: 6523 | 25 Carl Jung published a lot after this NDE, and this was one of his two major "creative" illnesses he experienced (suffered or blessed). The other one was the deep depression he experienced after his break-up with Freud (several of Freud's former disciples committed suicide after such break-ups.)
Update: I found a link with the same content, but perhaps it's easier to read than the pure text below:
http://www.near-death.com/jung.html
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In a hospi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5466 | 26 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
TrueStory (不是幸福的坑不挖) 于 (Wed Nov 23 14:09:26 2011, 美东) 提到:
Carl Jung published a lot after this NDE, and this was one of his two major "creative" illnesses he experienced (suffered or blessed). The other one was the deep depression he experienced after his break-up with Freud (several of Freud's former disci
committed suicide after such break-ups.)
Update: I found a link with the same content, but perhaps it's easier to read than the pure text below:
h... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 132 | 27 《微软大百科全书》：
Hakka (Chinese, “guest” or “stranger”), term applied to a migratory people
of southern China. They are generally considered a Han Chinese ethnic group.
The Hakka have often been persecuted by the natives of the regions in which
they have settled. Chiefly agricultural, they differ from the Chinese majority
in dress and customs, and they speak a distinct dialect that is related to
those of southern China. During persecution-free periods, as from the
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发帖数: 8296 | 28 u just got yourself the topic how to define women... - -b
国际劳动妇女节(International Working Women's Day) 又称“联合国妇女权益和国际
和平日”(U.N. Day for Women's Rights and International Peace)
国际妇女节
维基百科，自由的百科全书
国际妇女节，中国内地称“三八”国际劳动妇女节或国际劳动妇女节。是在每年的3月8
日为庆祝妇女在经济、政治和社会等领域做出的重要贡献和取得的巨大成就而设立的节
日。同时，也是为了纪念在1911年美国纽约三角工厂火灾中丧生的140多名女工。
PS: 好事做到底。。。fr merriam webster dictionary...
Definition of WOMAN
1
a : an adult female person b : a woman belonging to a particular category (as by birth, residence, membership, or occupati... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 29 (1) Dan Levin, China's Return To The Silk Road; China is reclaiming its
place as the world's megabazaar, with the city of Yiwu as its one-stop shop
for traders from the muslim world. Fast Company, July-August, 2011.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/157/yiwu-china-muslim-trade
Quote:
"If China is the world's factory, then Yiwu is its showroom.
"Last year, China surpassed the U.S. as the No. 1 exporter to the Middle
East
"Today, 200,000 Middle Eastern traders make the trek to Yiwu every year,
a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1526 | 30 http://www.nature.com/news/2011/090211/full/470141a.html
Pharmaceutical industry must take its medicine
To fix the drug pipeline, governments must take on drug-makers instead of
capitulating to their every demand, says Colin Macilwain.
Pfizer's announcement last week that it is to pull the plug on its drug-
development laboratory in Sandwich, Kent, and fire most of its 2,400 staff (
see page 154), must be a wake-up call for scientists and policy-makers alike
. The pharmaceutical industry is taki... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 18873 | 31 科学家注意到，斑马头上的条纹非常细，它们在吃草时这个部位需要靠近地面，因此极
易受到蚊虫叮咬
北京时间4月9日消息，科学家现在终于了斑马身上的斑纹的用途，答案并非黑和白那么
简单。他们表示，尽管斑马身上的黑白条纹通常被认为是用来伪装的，但是这些斑纹的
进化是为了让携带疾病的苍蝇远离它们的可能性更大。
这听起来非常不可思议，研究显示，苍蝇发现自己很难降落在这些斑纹上，斑马身
上这种大小的条纹对驱赶这些小飞虫特别有效果。斑马小腿上的条纹非常细，苍蝇在吸
取母牛等其他动物的血液时，特别喜欢选择这个部位。而且斑马头上的条纹也很细，因
为在吃草时，它们的脑袋需要靠近地面。这种理论是由美国研究人员提出的，他们寻找
证据，用来支持有关斑马是如何获得它们的斑纹的各种解释。
科学家很快不再考虑斑马的斑纹只是作为伪装，让这种动物在不断变化的林地光线
下更难被发现的想法，这是因为斑马的很大一部分时间都是在开阔地度过的。另一种非
常受欢迎的理论认为，斑马身上的斑纹令食肉动物感觉眼花缭乱，因此导致它们更难判
断眼前猎物的大小和速度。然而美国加利福尼亚大学的调查发现，狮子对捕捉斑马特别
擅长。其他一些理论，例如这... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 253 | 32 【 以下文字转载自 SanFrancisco 讨论区 】
发信人: zhangfance (fan), 信区: SanFrancisco
标 题: 主流媒体报道SCA5,形势似乎对我们不利啊
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Apr 6 16:44:05 2014, 美东)
哪位给个中文翻译。
http://www.mercurynews.com/immigration/ci_25505076/affirmative-
Affirmative action debate create rifts in ethnic communities
The backlash by Chinese-American activists against a measure aimed at
restoring affirmative action in the admissions process at California's
public universities has set off political fisticuffs between ethnic groups
accust... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9501 | 33 RIP, MBA
The economic crisis has exposed the myth of business-school expertise.
By Matthew Stewart
Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 3:57pm
Put your ear to the ground near any business school campus, and you will
hear the sound of another bubble about to pop. The MBA will soon be joining
equities and house titles in the museum of formerly overvalued pieces of
paper.
The problem in the short term begins, like so many other fine things these
days, in the financial sector. Over the past two decade... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5997 | 34 【 以下文字转载自 Stock 讨论区 】
发信人: qihuuqihuu (胡说胡话), 信区: Stock
标 题: Soros投机加拿大铂金公司PLG?
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Nov 1 19:22:56 2010, 美东)
Soros Ups Stake in Platinum Group Metals
By Shanthi Venkataraman 11/01/10 - 05:53 PM EDTAdd Comment
Stock quotes in this article:PLG, FHCO
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Is platinum set to get hotter than gold?
Platinum Group Metal| PLG
Billionaire investor George Soros is evidently bullish. According to a
filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, he recently raised... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1191 | 35 Romans 3 (FROM NKJV)
God’s Judgment Defended
1 What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision? 2
Much in every way! Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of God
. 3 For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the
faithfulness of God without effect? 4 Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true
but every man a liar. As it is written:
“ That You may be justified in Your words,
And may overcome when You are judged.”[a]
5 But if our unrighteousness demo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3714 | 36 Leonardo da Vinci
1452-1519
Self Portrait, 1512
Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Vinci - Leonardo's Home Town
The life and work of the great Italian Renaissance artist
and scientist Leonardo da Vinci have proved endlessly
fascinating for later generations. What most impresses
people today, perhaps, is the immense scope of his
achievement. In the past, however, he was admired chiefly
for his art and art theory. Leonardo's equally impressive
contribution to science is a modern redis |
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