What John Locke saw at Versailles

• Autores: Ann Friedman
• Localización: Studies in the history of gardens and designed landscape, ISSN 1460-1176, Vol. 9, Nº 4, 1989, págs. 177-198
• Idioma: inglés
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  • ... I am extremely pleased with the account you give me of Versales, which is a great deal in a litle; and as for the Waterworks there is no wonder that he who endeavors to be Monarch of the Ocean, should make a perfect conquest over some petty Water Nymph. From November 1675 to May 1679, the philosopher John Locke visited France, travelling the length and breadth of the land, at first alone or with friends and then with his pupil, the young Caleb Banks. Throughout his travels Locke was an ardent diarist, making notations on diverse subjects ranging from philosophy and medicine to agriculture and the daily life of the people he observed. Like any tourist, he visited the main sights, marvelled at their wonders, and bought pictures of them as souvenirs. One such sight was Louis XIV's palace and gardens of Versailles, which to this day draws large crowds. Locke went there several times.