[a Bust of Socrates] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [a Bust of Socrates]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see a bust of Socrates. This image appears when Gulliver’s master explains their views on philosophy, reason, and morals. Gulliver explained the European views on natural philosophy, including those of Socrates, with which the Houyhnhnms agreed. According to Plato’s Republic, Socrates preferred knowledge to be informed by ethics, not just what can be observed in the real world. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:21240
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_21240_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: portrait busts; portrait drawing; satire; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures