The History of the Heavens

of Volume 1

An engraving shows the philosopher Democritus sitting on a stone ledge from a back view. He holds a compass and points it toward the base of a monument. To his right, a group of villagers or peasants watches him. One man holds a large tablet with Greek text. In the foreground, a young man leans on a shovel. The background includes decorative garden urns on high pedestals and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Democritus, what are you thinking? Man is Democritus was an Ancient Greek philosopher often associated with the study of nature and the cosmos. Here he represents the theoretical scientist.
not made to build the Earth, but to
cultivate it.