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  • Michel Serres, Ph.D. (1930), French philosopher specialized in epistemology, professor as well as a writer, member of the prestigious French Academy (March 29th 1990), honoured with National Order of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officier de l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur) in July 2010, at his Parisian residence on May 5th, 2012. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Blay, philosopher and historian of science at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), specialist in Physics of the Classical Age, pictured at his residence on October 30, 2009 in Paris, France. Author, notably with Efthymios Nicolaidis of "L'Europe des sciences. Constitution d'un espace scientifique" ("The Europe of Sciences. The Establishment of a Scientific Space", Le Seuil, 2001). Director with Robert Hailleux of "Le Dictionnaire critique de la science classique XVe - XVIIIe siècle" ("The Critical Dictionary of Classical Science in the 15th-18th centuries", Flammarion, 1998). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Blay, philosopher and historian of science at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), specialist in Physics of the Classical Age, pictured at his residence on October 30, 2009 in Paris, France. Author, notably with Efthymios Nicolaidis of "L'Europe des sciences. Constitution d'un espace scientifique" ("The Europe of Sciences. The Establishment of a Scientific Space", Le Seuil, 2001). Director with Robert Hailleux of "Le Dictionnaire critique de la science classique XVe - XVIIIe siècle" ("The Critical Dictionary of Classical Science in the 15th-18th centuries", Flammarion, 1998). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Blay, philosopher and historian of science at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), specialist in Physics of the Classical Age, pictured at his residence on October 30, 2009 in Paris, France. Author, notably with Efthymios Nicolaidis of "L'Europe des sciences. Constitution d'un espace scientifique" ("The Europe of Sciences. The Establishment of a Scientific Space", Le Seuil, 2001). Director with Robert Hailleux of "Le Dictionnaire critique de la science classique XVe - XVIIIe siècle" ("The Critical Dictionary of Classical Science in the 15th-18th centuries", Flammarion, 1998). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Blay, philosopher and historian of science at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), specialist in Physics of the Classical Age, pictured at his residence on October 30, 2009 in Paris, France. Author, notably with Efthymios Nicolaidis of "L'Europe des sciences. Constitution d'un espace scientifique" ("The Europe of Sciences. The Establishment of a Scientific Space", Le Seuil, 2001). Director with Robert Hailleux of "Le Dictionnaire critique de la science classique XVe - XVIIIe siècle" ("The Critical Dictionary of Classical Science in the 15th-18th centuries", Flammarion, 1998). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Blay, philosopher and historian of science at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), specialist in Physics of the Classical Age, pictured at his residence on October 30, 2009 in Paris, France. Author, notably with Efthymios Nicolaidis of "L'Europe des sciences. Constitution d'un espace scientifique" ("The Europe of Sciences. The Establishment of a Scientific Space", Le Seuil, 2001). Director with Robert Hailleux of "Le Dictionnaire critique de la science classique XVe - XVIIIe siècle" ("The Critical Dictionary of Classical Science in the 15th-18th centuries", Flammarion, 1998). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Blay, philosopher and historian of science at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), specialist in Physics of the Classical Age, pictured at his residence on October 30, 2009 in Paris, France. Author, notably with Efthymios Nicolaidis of "L'Europe des sciences. Constitution d'un espace scientifique" ("The Europe of Sciences. The Establishment of a Scientific Space", Le Seuil, 2001). Director with Robert Hailleux of "Le Dictionnaire critique de la science classique XVe - XVIIIe siècle" ("The Critical Dictionary of Classical Science in the 15th-18th centuries", Flammarion, 1998). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Blay, philosopher and historian of science at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), specialist in Physics of the Classical Age, pictured at his residence on October 30, 2009 in Paris, France. Author, notably with Efthymios Nicolaidis of "L'Europe des sciences. Constitution d'un espace scientifique" ("The Europe of Sciences. The Establishment of a Scientific Space", Le Seuil, 2001). Director with Robert Hailleux of "Le Dictionnaire critique de la science classique XVe - XVIIIe siècle" ("The Critical Dictionary of Classical Science in the 15th-18th centuries", Flammarion, 1998). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Blay, philosopher and historian of science at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), specialist in Physics of the Classical Age, pictured at his residence on October 30, 2009 in Paris, France. Author, notably with Efthymios Nicolaidis of "L'Europe des sciences. Constitution d'un espace scientifique" ("The Europe of Sciences. The Establishment of a Scientific Space", Le Seuil, 2001). Director with Robert Hailleux of "Le Dictionnaire critique de la science classique XVe - XVIIIe siècle" ("The Critical Dictionary of Classical Science in the 15th-18th centuries", Flammarion, 1998). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Blay, philosopher and historian of science at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), specialist in Physics of the Classical Age, pictured at his residence on October 30, 2009 in Paris, France. Author, notably with Efthymios Nicolaidis of "L'Europe des sciences. Constitution d'un espace scientifique" ("The Europe of Sciences. The Establishment of a Scientific Space", Le Seuil, 2001). Director with Robert Hailleux of "Le Dictionnaire critique de la science classique XVe - XVIIIe siècle" ("The Critical Dictionary of Classical Science in the 15th-18th centuries", Flammarion, 1998). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Blay, philosopher and historian of science at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), specialist in Physics of the Classical Age, pictured at his residence on October 30, 2009 in Paris, France. Author, notably with Efthymios Nicolaidis of "L'Europe des sciences. Constitution d'un espace scientifique" ("The Europe of Sciences. The Establishment of a Scientific Space", Le Seuil, 2001). Director with Robert Hailleux of "Le Dictionnaire critique de la science classique XVe - XVIIIe siècle" ("The Critical Dictionary of Classical Science in the 15th-18th centuries", Flammarion, 1998). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Blay, philosopher and historian of science at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), specialist in Physics of the Classical Age, pictured at his residence on October 30, 2009 in Paris, France. Author, notably with Efthymios Nicolaidis of "L'Europe des sciences. Constitution d'un espace scientifique" ("The Europe of Sciences. The Establishment of a Scientific Space", Le Seuil, 2001). Director with Robert Hailleux of "Le Dictionnaire critique de la science classique XVe - XVIIIe siècle" ("The Critical Dictionary of Classical Science in the 15th-18th centuries", Flammarion, 1998). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Blay, philosopher and historian of science at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), specialist in Physics of the Classical Age, pictured at his residence on October 30, 2009 in Paris, France. Author, notably with Efthymios Nicolaidis of "L'Europe des sciences. Constitution d'un espace scientifique" ("The Europe of Sciences. The Establishment of a Scientific Space", Le Seuil, 2001). Director with Robert Hailleux of "Le Dictionnaire critique de la science classique XVe - XVIIIe siècle" ("The Critical Dictionary of Classical Science in the 15th-18th centuries", Flammarion, 1998). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modern statue of Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Greek philosopher, at the town entrance of Assos, Turkey. The city was founded from 1000 to 900 BC by Aeolian colonists from Lesbos. Aristotle (joined by Xenocrates) went to Assos, where he was welcomed by King Hermias, and opened an Academy in this city, where he led an influential group of philosophers. The statue is broken and the right hand is missing. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a modern statue of Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Greek philosopher, at the town entrance of Assos, Turkey. The city was founded from 1000 to 900 BC by Aeolian colonists from Lesbos. Aristotle (joined by Xenocrates) went to Assos, where he was welcomed by King Hermias, and opened an Academy in this city, where he led an influential group of philosophers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modern statue of Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Greek philosopher, at the town entrance of Assos, Turkey. The city was founded from 1000 to 900¬†BC by Aeolian colonists from Lesbos. Aristotle (joined by Xenocrates) went to Assos, where he was welcomed by King Hermias, and opened an Academy in this city, where he led an influential group of philosophers. The statue is broken and the right hand is missing. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Denis Diderot, French philosopher and writer from Langres, 1713-84, bronze, 1780, by Jean-Antoine Houdon, 1741-1828, in the Maison des Lumieres Denis Diderot, or House of Enlightenment, a museum housed in the Hotel du Breuil de Saint Germain, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres, Ph.D. (1930), French philosopher specialized in epistemology, professor as well as a writer, member of the prestigious French Academy (March 29th 1990), honoured with National Order of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officier de l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur) in July 2010, at his Parisian residence on May 5th, 2012. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Denis Diderot, 1713-84, French philosopher from Langres, bronze, 1884, by Auguste Bartholdi, aerial view, on the Place Diderot in Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Denis Diderot, French philosopher and writer, 1713-84, oil painting, c. 1770, by Louis Michel van Loo, 1707-71, in the Maison des Lumieres Denis Diderot, or House of Enlightenment, a museum housed in the Hotel du Breuil de Saint Germain, built 16th century and rebuilt 18th century, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Jean de La Bruyere, 1645-1696, philosopher, author and moralist, by Joseph-Stanislas Lescorne, at the Colbert Wing, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres, Ph.D. (1930), French philosopher specialized in epistemology, professor as well as a writer, member of the prestigious French Academy (March 29th 1990), honoured with National Order of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officier de l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur) in July 2010, at his Parisian residence on May 5th, 2012. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres, Ph.D. (1930), French philosopher specialized in epistemology, professor as well as a writer, member of the prestigious French Academy (March 29th 1990), honoured with National Order of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officier de l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur) in July 2010, at his Parisian residence on May 5th, 2012. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Montaigne Visiting Torquato Tasso in Prison, oil painting on canvas, 1821, by Fleury Francois Richard, 1777-1852, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. The painting depicts the Italian poet Torquato Tasso, 1544-95 in the St Anna madhouse, with the philosopher Montaigne. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Xenophon, Greek philosopher, military leader and historian, d. 354 BC, Roman, c. 120 AD, marble, in the Antiquities Museum, established 2001, in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, built 1995-2002 in Alexandria, Egypt. The building also houses a cultural centre, conference centre, museums, art galleries and a planetarium. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Denis Diderot, French philosopher and writer, 1713-84, c. 1780, by Jean-Antoine Houdon, 1741-1828, in plaster with terracotta style patina, in the Maison des Lumieres Denis Diderot, or House of Enlightenment, a museum housed in the Hotel du Breuil de Saint Germain, built 16th century and rebuilt 18th century, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish philosopher and astronomer, holding a scroll, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish philosopher and astronomer, holding a scroll, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres, Ph.D. (1930), French philosopher specialized in epistemology, professor as well as a writer, member of the prestigious French Academy (March 29th 1990), honoured with National Order of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officier de l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur) in July 2010, at his Parisian residence on May 5th, 2012. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres, Ph.D. (1930), French philosopher specialized in epistemology, professor as well as a writer, member of the prestigious French Academy (March 29th 1990), honoured with National Order of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officier de l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur) in July 2010, at his Parisian residence on May 5th, 2012. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Denis Diderot, French philosopher and writer from Langres, 1713-84, c. 1780, by Jean-Antoine Houdon, 1741-1828, in plaster with terracotta style patina, in the Maison des Lumieres Denis Diderot, or House of Enlightenment, a museum housed in the Hotel du Breuil de Saint Germain, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Zeno, Hellenistic philosopher, 1st century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Zeno, Hellenistic philosopher, 1st century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Zeno, Hellenistic philosopher, 1st century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Socrates, Greek philosopher, 470-399 BC, Roman copy of a Greek original, marble, from the Antoniadis Gardens in Alexandria, in the Antiquities Museum, established 2001, in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, built 1995-2002 in Alexandria, Egypt. The building also houses a cultural centre, conference centre, museums, art galleries and a planetarium. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Antonio de Capmany, 1742-1813, Spanish general, philosopher, historian, economist and politician from Barcelona, 1947, by Frederic Mares i Deulovol, in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona, or Barcelona Maritime Museum, housed in the former medieval royal shipyards and arsenals at Drassanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The bust was commissioned by the museum on the occasion of the opening of a garden under his name. The museum houses exhibits on the maritime history of Catalonia, including many ships and boats built in the shipyards of Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Robert Boyle, natural philosopher and chemist, 1627-91, oil painting on canvas, in the Small Drawing Room, in Malahide Castle, originally built in the 12th century by the Talbot family, and home to them for almost 800 years, near Malahide in County Dublin, Ireland. Malahide castle is situated in a 260 acre estate, the Malahide Demesne Regional Park, and is home to the Talbot Botanical Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Averroes, 1126-98, philosopher and theologian, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish philosopher and astronomer, holding a scroll, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Maimonides was forced to flee with his family to Fez aged 23 to escape religious persecution by fanatical Almohads in al-Andalus. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Engraving of Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish scholar, philosopher and physician, in the Centro Cultural y Museo Casa de Sefarad, a museum and cultural centre opened 2006 in the Jewish quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish scholar, philosopher and physician, in the Jewish Quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Maimonides was forced to flee with his family to Fez aged 23 to escape religious persecution by fanatical Almohads in al-Andalus. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Voltaire, writer, historian and philosopher of the Enlightenment, 1694-1778, by Antoine Desboeufs at the Colbert Wing, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Voltaire, writer, historian and philosopher of the Enlightenment, 1694-1778, by Antoine Desboeufs at the Colbert Wing, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Jean de La Bruyere, 1645-1696, philosopher, author and moralist, by Joseph-Stanislas Lescorne, at the Colbert Wing, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modern statue of Galen, Roman physician, c. 129-216 AD, in Bergama, Izmir, Turkey. Galen is holding a book and next to him is a spiral fluted column with a serpent coiled around it, possibly representing the Rod of Asclepius. Commonly known as Galen of Pergamon, Galen was the founder of experimental medicine, anatomy, physiology and sports medicine. He was also the first physician who composed drugs by mixing crops and combining several active substances known as Galen medicines. Pharmaceutical courses still refer to "Galenic Pharmacy" . While being the private physician of 3 Roman emperors including Marcus Aurelius, Galen was also a great philosopher. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Voltaire (1694-1778), French writer and philosopher, by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), crypt, Pantheon, 1758-90, by Jacques-Gabriel Soufflot (1713-80) and completed by Jean-Baptiste Rondelet (1743-1829), Paris, France. Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78), French philosopher, crypt, Pantheon, 1758-90, by Jacques-Gabriel Soufflot (1713-80) and completed by Jean-Baptiste Rondelet (1743-1829), Paris, France. Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Denis Diderot, 1713-84, French philosopher from Langres, bronze, 1884, by Auguste Bartholdi, aerial view, on the Place Diderot in Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Socrates, Greek philosopher, 470-399 BC, Roman copy of a Greek original, from the Antoniadis Gardens in Alexandria, in the Antiquities Museum, established 2001, in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, built 1995-2002 in Alexandria, Egypt. The building also houses a cultural centre, conference centre, museums, art galleries and a planetarium. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman statesman and philosopher, from the collection of Napoleon, in the Grand Salon, in the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish scholar, philosopher and physician, in the Jewish Quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Maimonides was forced to flee with his family to Fez aged 23 to escape religious persecution by fanatical Almohads in al-Andalus. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish scholar, philosopher and physician, on a stone pedestal in the Jewish Quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Maimonides was forced to flee with his family to Fez aged 23 to escape religious persecution by fanatical Almohads in al-Andalus. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish philosopher and astronomer, holding a scroll, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Averroes, 1126-98, philosopher and theologian, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble bust of Montesquieu, 1689-1755, lawyer and philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, by Edmond Prevot, after J B Lemoyne, 1878, marbre, from the collection of the Town Hall of Bordeaux, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The Baron de Montesquieu became a counselor of the Bordeaux Parliament in 1714 and became a president a mortier. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, author and philosopher, by Jean-Baptiste Farochon, at the Colbert Wing, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, author and philosopher, by Jean-Baptiste Farochon, at the Colbert Wing, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze bust of Karl Marx, 1818-83, German philosopher and socialist, by Will Lammert, 1892-1957, German sculptor, on Strausbergerplatz on Karl Marx Allee in the former East Berlin in the GDR, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modern statue of Galen, Roman physician, c. 129-216 AD, in Bergama, Izmir, Turkey. Galen is holding a book and next to him is a spiral fluted column with a serpent coiled around it, possibly representing the Rod of Asclepius. Commonly known as Galen of Pergamon, Galen was the founder of experimental medicine, anatomy, physiology and sports medicine. He was also the first physician who composed drugs by mixing crops and combining several active substances known as Galen medicines. Pharmaceutical courses still refer to "Galenic Pharmacy" . While being the private physician of 3 Roman emperors including Marcus Aurelius, Galen was also a great philosopher. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres, Ph.D. (1930), French philosopher specialized in epistemology, professor as well as a writer, member of the prestigious French Academy (March 29th 1990), honoured with National Order of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officier de l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur) in July 2010, at his Parisian residence on May 5th, 2012. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres, Ph.D. (1930), French philosopher specialized in epistemology, professor as well as a writer, member of the prestigious French Academy (March 29th 1990), honoured with National Order of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officier de l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur) in July 2010, at his Parisian residence on May 5th, 2012. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from the front of Soviet Statue of Nasreddin Hodja riding a donkey, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 12, 2010 in the afternoon. Nasreddin Hodja was a 13th century Sufi philosopher best remembered for his wit and funny anecdotes. He was probably Turkish. Bukhara, a city on the Silk Route is about 2500 years old. Its long history is displayed both through the impressive monuments and the overall town planning and architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Statue of Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish scholar, philosopher and physician, in the Jewish Quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Maimonides was forced to flee with his family to Fez aged 23 to escape religious persecution by fanatical Almohads in al-Andalus. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Averroes, 1126-98, philosopher and theologian, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres, Ph.D. (1930), French philosopher specialized in epistemology, professor as well as a writer, member of the prestigious French Academy (March 29th 1990), honoured with National Order of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officier de l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur) in July 2010, at his Parisian residence on May 5th, 2012. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Paul of Venice, Italian philosopher, 1372-1429, in the Galerie des Illustres, featuring 327 portraits of important figures from history, commissioned 1620-38 by Paul Ardier, in the Chateau de Beauregard, Renaissance chateau begun late 15th century and extended 16th century by Jean du Thier, in Loir-et-Cher, France. The painters are unidentified and mainly copied portraits from other collections. The decorative work and emblems on the woodwork and coffered ceiling are by Pierre Mosnier. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Socrates, Greek philosopher, 470-399 BC, Roman coy of a Greek original, marble, from the Antoniadis Gardens in Alexandria, in the Antiquities Museum, established 2001, in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, built 1995-2002 in Alexandria, Egypt. The building also houses a cultural centre, conference centre, museums, art galleries and a planetarium. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Ibn Arabi, 1165-1240, Islamic scholar, Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Averroes, 1126-98, philosopher and theologian, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze bust of Karl Marx, 1818-83, German philosopher and socialist, by Will Lammert, 1892-1957, German sculptor, on Strausbergerplatz on Karl Marx Allee in the former East Berlin in the GDR, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Voltaire (1694-1778), French writer and philosopher, by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), crypt, Pantheon, 1758-90, by Jacques-Gabriel Soufflot (1713-80) and completed by Jean-Baptiste Rondelet (1743-1829), Paris, France. Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres, Ph.D. (1930), French philosopher specialized in epistemology, professor as well as a writer, member of the prestigious French Academy (March 29th 1990), honoured with National Order of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officier de l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur) in July 2010, at his Parisian residence on May 5th, 2012. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres, Ph.D. (1930), French philosopher specialized in epistemology, professor as well as a writer, member of the prestigious French Academy (March 29th 1990), honoured with National Order of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officier de l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur) in July 2010, at his Parisian residence on May 5th, 2012. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres, Ph.D. (1930), French philosopher specialized in epistemology, professor as well as a writer, member of the prestigious French Academy (March 29th 1990), honoured with National Order of the Legion of Honour (Grand Officier de l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur) in July 2010, at his Parisian residence on May 5th, 2012. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Philosophers and theologians, fresco, detail, 1633-37, by Cecco Bravo, Matteo Rosselli and Domenico Pugliani, of notable Florentines, in the Studio, designed by Michelangelo the Younger, in Casa Buonarotti, the 17th century palace home of the Buonarotti family, on Via Ghibellina in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The building is now a museum dedicated to the work of Michelangelo Buonarotti. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Philosophers and theologians, fresco, detail, 1633-37, by Cecco Bravo, Matteo Rosselli and Domenico Pugliani, of notable Florentines, in the Studio, designed by Michelangelo the Younger, in Casa Buonarotti, the 17th century palace home of the Buonarotti family, on Via Ghibellina in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The building is now a museum dedicated to the work of Michelangelo Buonarotti. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Philosophers and theologians, fresco, detail, 1633-37, by Cecco Bravo, Matteo Rosselli and Domenico Pugliani, of notable Florentines, in the Studio, designed by Michelangelo the Younger, in Casa Buonarotti, the 17th century palace home of the Buonarotti family, on Via Ghibellina in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The building is now a museum dedicated to the work of Michelangelo Buonarotti. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Philosophers and theologians, fresco, detail, 1633-37, by Cecco Bravo, Matteo Rosselli and Domenico Pugliani, of notable Florentines, in the Studio, designed by Michelangelo the Younger, in Casa Buonarotti, the 17th century palace home of the Buonarotti family, on Via Ghibellina in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The building is now a museum dedicated to the work of Michelangelo Buonarotti. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Philosophers and theologians, fresco, detail, 1633-37, by Cecco Bravo, Matteo Rosselli and Domenico Pugliani, of notable Florentines, in the Studio, designed by Michelangelo the Younger, in Casa Buonarotti, the 17th century palace home of the Buonarotti family, on Via Ghibellina in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The building is now a museum dedicated to the work of Michelangelo Buonarotti. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres sur fond de Grottes de Lascaux, le 05 juin 2014, dans la salle 3D de Dassault Systemes, Velizy, France. Photo Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres sur fond de Grottes de Lascaux, le 05 juin 2014, dans la salle 3D de Dassault Systemes, Velizy, France. Photo Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres sur fond de Grottes de Lascaux, le 05 juin 2014, dans la salle 3D de Dassault Systemes, Velizy, France. Photo Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres sur fond de Grottes de Lascaux, le 05 juin 2014, dans la salle 3D de Dassault Systemes, Velizy, France. Photo Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres sur fond de Grottes de Lascaux, le 05 juin 2014, dans la salle 3D de Dassault Systemes, Velizy, France. Photo Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres sur fond de Grottes de Lascaux, le 05 juin 2014, dans la salle 3D de Dassault Systemes, Velizy, France. Photo Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres sur fond de Grottes de Lascaux, le 05 juin 2014, dans la salle 3D de Dassault Systemes, Velizy, France. Photo Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres sur fond de Grottes de Lascaux, le 05 juin 2014, dans la salle 3D de Dassault Systemes, Velizy, France. Photo Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres sur fond de Grottes de Lascaux, le 05 juin 2014, dans la salle 3D de Dassault Systemes, Velizy, France. Photo Manuel Cohen
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  • Michel Serres sur fond de Grottes de Lascaux, le 05 juin 2014, dans la salle 3D de Dassault Systemes, Velizy, France. Photo Manuel Cohen
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  • Aristotle with Alexander the Great and the animals, detail of a painting representing philosophy by Eugene Delacroix in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, created in 1796 and housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. The 42m long library houses over 60,000 works and was decorated 1838-47 with a series of paintings by Romantic artist Eugene Delacroix, 1798-1863, who painted 5 cupolas and 2 hemicycles with allegories of philosophy, natural history, legislation, eloquence, literature, poetry and theology. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Socrates and his demon, detail of a painting representing philosophy by Eugene Delacroix in the Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee Nationale, or Library of the National Assembly, created in 1796 and housed in the Assemblee Nationale at the Palais Bourbon, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. The 42m long library houses over 60,000 works and was decorated 1838-47 with a series of paintings by Romantic artist Eugene Delacroix, 1798-1863, who painted 5 cupolas and 2 hemicycles with allegories of philosophy, natural history, legislation, eloquence, literature, poetry and theology. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Quarrels of Voltaire with Frederick II, oil painting by Charles Fichot, 1817-1903, in the Maison des Lumieres Denis Diderot, or House of Enlightenment, a museum housed in the Hotel du Breuil de Saint Germain, built 16th century and rebuilt 18th century, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Frederick II of Russia, or Frederick the Great, had a lifelong friendship with Voltaire, although they disagreed regularly towards the end of their lives. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Abu al-Walid ibn Ruchd, known as Averroes, 1126-98, author of treatises on medicine, mathematics, astronomy, ethics and philosophy, by the city walls in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Sir Thomas More, 1478-1535, English Renaissance humanist, in the Galerie des Illustres, featuring 327 portraits of important figures from history, commissioned 1620-38 by Paul Ardier, in the Chateau de Beauregard, Renaissance chateau begun late 15th century and extended 16th century by Jean du Thier, in Loir-et-Cher, France. The painters are unidentified and mainly copied portraits from other collections. The decorative work and emblems on the woodwork and coffered ceiling are by Pierre Mosnier. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jean Pic de la Mirandole, 1463-94, in the Galerie des Illustres, featuring 327 portraits of important figures from history, commissioned 1620-38 by Paul Ardier, in the Chateau de Beauregard, Renaissance chateau begun late 15th century and extended 16th century by Jean du Thier, in Loir-et-Cher, France. The painters are unidentified and mainly copied portraits from other collections. The decorative work and emblems on the woodwork and coffered ceiling are by Pierre Mosnier. The chateau is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Abu al-Walid ibn Ruchd, known as Averroes, 1126-98, holding a book, author of treatises on medicine, mathematics, astronomy, ethics and philosophy, on a marble pedestal by the Almodovar Gate in the city walls in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Abu al-Walid ibn Ruchd, known as Averroes, 1126-98, author of treatises on medicine, mathematics, astronomy, ethics and philosophy, by the city walls in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Abu al-Walid ibn Ruchd, known as Averroes, 1126-98, holding a book, author of treatises on medicine, mathematics, astronomy, ethics and philosophy, on a marble pedestal by the Almodovar Gate in the city walls in Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A flaming arm reaching out to collect chestnuts in their spiky cases, with a blank scroll above, representing the separation and multiplication of materials in the creation of the philosopher's stone, from the coffered ceiling of the Oratory, carved in stone with 30 sections, each relating to a process in alchemy, in the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jason and the Argonauts in the Garden of Hesperides on the way to Colchis, part of the Quest for the Golden Fleece, polychrome relief in the Oratory at the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. Fulcanelli studied this work and interpreted it in relation to alchemy, and the quest for the philosopher's stone. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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