Geography
Quotes & Thinkers in Geography
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"Everything is soothed by oil, and this is the reason why divers send out small quantities of it from their mouths, because it smooths every part which is rough."
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🏛️Strabo
Philosophy
-62–23
"And Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece."
5 quotes
Ibn Battuta
Literature
1304–1368
"Travels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354 at Medieval Sourcebook"
21 quotes
🇩🇪Karl Georg von Raumer
Science
1783–1865
1 quotes
Nicholas of Cusa
Mathematics
Humanism
1401–1464
"nothing is seen other than Thyself, art Thyself the object of Thyself"
47 quotes
🇬🇧Alfred Russel Wallace
Science
1823–1913
"Every species has come into existence coincident both in space and time with a pre-existing closely allied species."
13 quotes
Joannes de Laet
Entertainment
1581–1649
1 quotes
Pliny the Elder
Science
20–79
"Everything is soothed by oil, and this is the reason why divers send out small quantities of it from their mouths, because it smooths every part which is rough."
28 quotes
Ptolemy
Science
"Ptolemy's Geography is the only book on cartography to have survived from the classical period and one of the most influential scientific works of all time."
11 quotes
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🇬🇧Peter Dicken
Economics
b. 1938
"Significantly, the 14 most transnational firms originate from small countries"
19 quotes
John Ogilby
Business
1600–1676
"Begin, sweet Babe, with smiles thy Mother know."
53 quotes
Notable Quotes
"nothing is seen other than Thyself, art Thyself the object of Thyself"
— Nicholas of Cusa, b. 1401View →
"I am a -living shadow and Thou the Truth... Therefore, my God, Thou art alike shadow and Truth; Thou art alike the image and the Exemplar of myself and all men."
— Nicholas of Cusa, b. 1401View →
"To the various nations, however, You have sent various prophets and masters, the one for this, the other for another time."
— Nicholas of Cusa, b. 1401View →
"Homer His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations – available at Google Books"
— John Ogilby, b. 1600View →
"The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro – available at Google Books"
— John Ogilby, b. 1600View →