Atalanta Fugiens · Emblem XXVI
Sapientiae humanae fructus Lignum vitae est.
The fruit of human wisdom is the tree of life.
Emblem XXVI
The image echoes the Book of Proverbs, where wisdom is a tree of life to those who take hold of her.
A question to carry
What would you have to take hold of, not just admire?
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Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens (1618), with the Latin motto, a translation and a reading for each plate.
Engraving in the public domain.