Reason Collection

The wisdom. From the episode "The Knowledge of God and the Seven Cardinal Virtues", c.1539 . Private Collection

The prodigal son wastes his inheritance, c.1540-c.1550. Creator: Cornelis Anthonisz
The prodigal son wastes his inheritance, c.1540-c.1550. Son (Filius Prodigus) at the table with lust (Caro) and greed (Avaritia)

Design for the decorative arts and sciences on the Noordermarkt, 1795. Creator: Anon
Design for the decorative arts and sciences on the Noordermarkt, 1795. Minerva sitting in the clouds with plumbline (equality) above a wreath and fire labelled Nature and Reason'

Dialectica (Dialectics). Creator: Virgil Solis
Dialectica (Dialectics)

Le Triomphe de la Justice, c.1695. Creator: Jean Jouvenet
Le Triomphe de la Justice, c.1695. The Triumph of Justice. The draped figure of Religion holds aloft a chalice. Justice holds the scales

Charles L. Reason, 1887. Creator: Unknown
Charles L. Reason, 1887. African-American mathematician, linguist, and educator; the first black college professor in the United States

Reason, 1829. Creator: CW Eckersberg
Reason, 1829

Plate 16 from the Disparates : Wounds heal quicker than hasty words, ca. 1816-23 (published 1864)

Plate 43 from Los Caprichos : The sleep of reason produces monsters (El sueno de la razon produce monstruos), 1799, published 1908-12

The Cage of Fools (La gabbia de matti), 1557-63. Creator: Sebastiano di Re
The Cage of Fools (La gabbia de matti), 1557-63

Plan of the island of Utopia, 1518. From Utopia, Thomas Mores work depicting an ideal state where reason ruled, first published in 1516. (Colorised black and white print)

Festival of Reason, Paris, 1793 (1882-1884). The Festival of Reason was staged on 10th November (20 Brumaire) 1793, with ceremonies devised and organised by Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette

The Beau Monde in St Jamess Park, 1750. Artist: LP Boitard
The Beau Monde in St Jamess Park, 1750. The smart set parading in a London park, with a quote from Alexander Pope: The ruling passion be it what it will, the ruling passion conquers reason still

Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee, between 1618 and 1620. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee, between 1618 and 1620. Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Thomas Paine, English-born American revolutionary, writer and philosopher, c1790. Paine (1737-1809) emigrated to America in 1774

Headpiece from Thomas Mores Utopia, 1518. First published in 1516, Utopia was a work depicting an ideal state where reason ruled

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