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Vivitur Ingenio, Caetera Mortis Erunt


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Plate from the editio princeps of Andreas Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, Basel: Joannes Oporinus, 1543, p. 164. Ingenium, understood as 'spirit', talent, or ingenuity stood in opposition to the death of the human body.

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Ingenuity: Ingenium, Ingenuity: Genius, Ingenuity: Ingenio, Ingenuity: Genio, Skull, Skeleton, Melancholy, Altar

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