An average human looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness of odour or fragrance, and talks without thinking.
— Leonardo da Vinci Early Modern

Polymath, artist, inventor, scientist

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From his notebooks, a critical observation of human behavior.

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Undated, but from his lifetime (1452-1519)

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