“ Bodies devoid of life will move by themselves and carry with them endless generations of the dead, taking the wealth from the bystanders. ”
Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1478 – 1519). copy citation
| Author | Leonardo da Vinci |
|---|---|
| Source | The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci |
| Topic | wealth life |
| Date | 1478 – 1519 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Jean Paul Richter in 1888 |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5000/pg5000-images.html |
Context
“(The division of the East from the West may be made at any point.) *
All living creatures will be moved from the East to the West; and in the same way from North to South, and vice versa.
* (Of the Motion of Water which carries wood, which is dead.) *
Bodies devoid of life will move by themselves and carry with them endless generations of the dead, taking the wealth from the bystanders.
* (Of Eggs which being eaten cannot form Chickens.) *
Oh! how many will they be that never come to the birth!
* (Of Fishes which are eaten unborn.) *
Endless generations will be lost by the death of the pregnant.”
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