July 26, 2002
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Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687), Lord of Zuylichem,
was a poet, musician,
diplomat and secretary to 2 Princes of Orange. He
attended Oxford and Cambridge and corresponded with virtually every contemporary of any intellectual importance in Europe,
including Charles I of England, Anton von Leeuwenhoek and Peter Paul Ruebens, to name a very few. He also played the lute for
King James. As the definition of a Renaissance man, he
makes me feel sort of inadequate.
Constantijn also had Descartes over all the time who was a key influence on Constantijn's son Christiaan - Christiaan stands tall in the history of science, being among other things the discoverer of the rings of Saturn.
posted by vacapinta at 1:49 AM on July 27, 2002
posted by vacapinta at 1:49 AM on July 27, 2002
Whoa... King James... I jammed with them once, man... Their lute player, like, rocked! His volume knob went up to like, eleven, man.
posted by willconsult4food at 8:03 AM on July 28, 2002
posted by willconsult4food at 8:03 AM on July 28, 2002
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Very nice.
Except for the Amazon link - anything but an Amazon link...
posted by y2karl at 12:40 AM on July 27, 2002