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About this space

Philosophy is a grave figure with downcast eyes, carrying a book in her hand.


Philosophy, sculptor:
Bela Lyon Pratt (1867–1917)

Above the figure of Philosophy:
The inquiry, knowledge, and belief of truth is the sovereign good of human nature.
— Bacon, Essays, Of Truth