30 MAY 2011 by ideonexus

 The Geniuses for Whom the Greeks would Build Statues

These are the principal geniuses that the human mind must regard as its masters and for whom the Greeks would have erected statues, even if they were obliged to make more space by demolishing the monuments of some conquerors.
Folksonomies: enlightenment philosophes
Folksonomies: enlightenment philosophes
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Bacon, Descartes, Newton, and Locke are the "principal geniuses" of the Enlightenment.