“nothing suffers annihilation, but at dissolution there is a change, and things fall back to the essential element in which they were before.”
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Vitruvius
Vitruvius was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work titled De architectura. As the only treatise on architecture to survive from antiquity, it has been regarded since the Renaissance as the first book on architectural theory, as well as a major source on the canon of classical architecture. It is not clear to what extent his contemporaries regard…
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culture · 1st-century BC Roman architect and engineer · architect · writer · engineer · artillerist · also Vitruvius, Marcus Vitruvius, Vitruvius Pollio
Born 80 BC · Died 15 BC · Q47163
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“the gravity of a substance depends not on the amount of its weight, but on its nature.”
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“water from clay pipes is much more wholesome than that which is conducted through lead pipes, because lead is found to be harmful for the reason that white lead is derived from it, and this is said to be hurtful to the human system.”
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“For not all things are practicable on identical principles,”
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Dezeen: Vitruvius's only building discovered in Italy
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The Jerusalem Post Blogs: Italy discovers basilica design by ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, 'father of architecture'
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Yahoo: Italy uncovers basilica designed by Vitruvius, the 'father of architecture'
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2023· 1 entry
archpaper: André Tavares examines how the work of Vitruvius relays the “symbiotic relationship” between print and the built environment
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1734· 1 entry
“The Constitutions of the Free-Masons”
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