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Alterius Non Sit Qui Suus Esse Potest
''Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest'' is a phrase in Latin. It means '"Let no man be another’s who is able to be his own.” This phrase is referenced from the Aesopian fable ''De ranis (Of the Frogs, Snake and Wood)''. The fable's author is suspected to be an anonymous medieval person who may have been Gualterus Anglicus. The Italian version has the title of ''Le rane chiedono un re''. The English version has the title of ''The Frogs Who Wished for a King''. The lesson of the tale is that relinquishing individual autonomy in the pursuit of order results in a false protector, or worse, a predatory overlord. The phrase was the personal motto of Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus) who had it inscribed, in German, to his portraits. Cicero in ''De re publica'' (book III, 28) also wrote in similar vein, «est enim genus iniustae servitutis, cum hi sunt alterius, qui sui possunt esse» (It is not just for subjects to fall into subservience who a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirschvogel Paracelsus
Augustin Hirschvogel (1503 – February 1553) was a German artist, mathematician, and cartographer known primarily for his etchings. His thirty-five small landscape etchings, made between 1545 and 1549, assured him a place in the Danube School, a circle of artists in 16th-century Bavaria and Austria. Life He began work in his birthplace, Nuremberg, where he was trained in glass painting by his father, Veit Hirschvogel the elder (1461–1525), who was the city's official stained glass painter. In 1525, Nuremberg accepted the Protestant Reformation, putting an end to lavish stained glass commissions. Veit the elder's workshop was then being run by Augustin's elder brother Veit; their father died the same year. The younger Hirschvogel had his own workshop by 1530, and soon formed a partnership with the potters Oswald Reinhart and Hanns Nickel. Hirschvogel left in 1536 for Laibach (the German name for Ljubljana in present-day Slovenia), returning to Nuremberg in 1543. During th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
