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Originally published in 1991. Philoponus’ long commentary on Aristotle’s definition of light sets up the major concerns, both in optics and theory of light, that are discussed here. Light was of special interest in Neoplatonism because of its being something incorporeal in the world of natural...

pubOne.info present you this wonderfully illustrated edition. Smaly and his wife Redy set forth in search of three little girls: They are bewitched so that their noses turn into beaks: Smaly eats the latch of a door and Redy eats the hinge: Redy's fingers weep tears: They meet with a Confectioner who resembles a Kangaroo.

LA FONTAINE: FABLES (ENGLISH / FRENCH - ILLUSTRATED BY GRANDVILLE) Complete: Vol. I to XII Translated from the French by Elizur Wright. With Notes by J. W. M. Gibbs. The Fables From the 1882 English Edition Les Fables From the 1841 French Edition With Grandville‘s Illustrations Divided...

The fables were written and first published in the 17th century. They portray humans' behaviour in the society. The subject of each of the Fables is often common property of many ages and races. What gives La Fontaine's Fables their rare distinction is the freshness in narration, the deftness of touch,...

Jadis régnait en Lombardie Un prince aussi beau que le jour Et tel que des beautés qui régnaient à sa cour La moitié lui portait envie, L'autre moitié brûlait pour lui d'amour....

There are some writers the facts about whom can never be entirely told, because they are inexhaustible, and speaking of whom we do not fear to be blamed for repetition, because, though well known, they furnish topics which never weary. La Fontaine is one of this class. No poet has been praised oftener,...