The eye, which is said to be the window of the soul, is the primary way in which the sensory receptacle of the brain may more fully and magnificently contemplate the infinite works of nature, and the ear is the second, gaining nobility through the recounting of things which the eye has seen.


As quoted in: Leonardo Da Vinci: The Marvelous Works of Nature and Man (Harvard University Press, 1981), p. 209

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The eye, which is said to be the window of the soul, is the primary way in which the sensory receptacle of the brain may more fully and magnificently ...

The eye, which is said to be the window of the soul, is the primary way in which the sensory receptacle of the brain may more fully and magnificently ...

The eye, which is said to be the window of the soul, is the primary way in which the sensory receptacle of the brain may more fully and magnificently ...

The eye, which is said to be the window of the soul, is the primary way in which the sensory receptacle of the brain may more fully and magnificently ...