"On disoit à Socrates que quelqu'un ne s'estoit aucunement amendé en son voyage: Je croy bien, dit-il, il s'estoit emporté avecques soy."
Montaigne, Essais, I, 39: "De la solitude"

"Oh there is blessing in this gentle breeze"
William Wordsworth, The Prelude, I, 1

samedi 30 août 2014

Hven

The island of Hven is Swedish, but, well, it has long been contested territory. Hence the numerous flags.
Here Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) looked at the sky, without any telescope but with big and subtarrenean quadrants, surrounded by a whole slew of gardeners, cooks, scribes, children, paper-mill operators, and produced and published many super-fine calculations.
There are also lovely alpagas.

Aucun commentaire:

Enregistrer un commentaire