2006-09-29

Micrographia


"O, die d’oogen en ’tgeweld geeft,
Oogen geeft bij dit geweld:
Oogen eens ter wacht gestelt,
En die all’ sien soo der veel’ sien:"

[O you who give the eyes and the power,
Give eyes through this power:
Eyes once made watchful,
Which see the totality of all there is to see.]

Constantijn Huygens, Daghwerck, 28, 1638

(Ilustração: Robert Hooke, Micrographia, 1667, Observ. de um piolho)

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