Some highlights from Sotheby’s Old Master sale tomorrow.
First, a fine study of a philosopher by Joseph Wright of Derby, probably late1760s. Wright employed a number of older men as models for the grey-haired sage figures in his paintings. This one hasn’t cleaned his fingernails!

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Brand-new license announcement! PETER GRILL AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S TIME manga series by Daisuke Hiyama, the sexy fantasy comedy that’s soon to become an anime! https://t.co/XT7VnlPIMz

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Today, Nov. 25, we celebrate the feast day of St. Catherine of Alexandria, patron saint of philosophers, young maidens and female scholars, a martyr who shed her blood for the truth.

(Art by Gwyneth Fiona N. Luga/ The Varsitarian)

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Since 'Harry Potter and the philosophers stone' I am a huge fan of Draco Malfoy. I love his bitchy attitude and his development.

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I did 2 portraits for Simone de Beauvoir.
1st one based on screenshots from YouTube video of an interview.
2nd one based on a b/w photo of Beauvoir.
Both are digital paintings.
I consider these portraits as fan arts.

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Died Nicholas Poussin pioneered & leading classical French style influenced generation inc. Paul Cezanne Dispassionate cerebral intellect & carefully considered art theories earned nickname "the philosopher painter"

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'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' – or 'Sorcerer's Stone' to those stateside – premiered 18 years ago today ⚡️

Where would you rank the movie in the Harry Potter series?

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Fortunio Liceto was an italian physician and philosopher. His work most famous, is "De monstruorum causis, natura et differentiis", originally published in Padua in 1616 then reprinted in 1634 with lavish illustrations.

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wannabe philosopher sage would like to battle

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Weird object for sale: dying in a box. Waxwork figure representing on his death bed, modelled by Kaspar Bernhard Hardy, c.170.
https://t.co/EenafL9jaL

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'The snake suddenly opened its beady eyes. Slowly, very slowly, it raised its head until its eyes were on a level with Harry's.
It winked.
Harry stared.' ~ Chapter Two: The Vanishing Glass, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, by

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Harriet Taylor Mill, philosopher and advocate for women’s rights, died in 1858.

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It was in 1664, the great British natural philosopher Robert Hooke FRS, first showed his copy of the hugely influential Micrographia to the Royal Society. Find prints from this seminal work in our Print Shop: https://t.co/OkGAr01G5r

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A great philosopher once said, Heck yeah, I backed it! https://t.co/dRnxOjXLY9

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Day 24 of Vampire Wine for the

Halloween is approaching and vampires are spooky, so vampire wine!
Is the wine FOR vampires? Is the wine MADE of vampires? A question for the philosophers.

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My new artwork of the philosopher Heraclitus.

Mixed media of marker/ink pen, colour/graphite pencil, French chalk.

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Here’s the illustration without text for Prospect magazine of Patricia Churchland, a leading philosopher and neuroscientist. I’ll try to post the process when I get a chance…

https://t.co/OBhIxsNPBI

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