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A man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he ought only to consider whether in doing anything he is doing right or wrong...For neither in war nor yet at law ought I or any man to use every means of escaping death ...The difficulty, my friends, is not to avoid death, but to avoid unrighteousness...Wherefore, O judges, be of good cheer about death, and know of a certainty that no evil can happen to a good man in life or after death. --Socrates on doing...

Catalog Data

Artist:
Gyorgy Kepes, born Selyp, Hungary 1906-died Cambridge, MA 2001  Search this
Medium:
gouache and pencil on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 16 x 11 7/8 in. (40.7 x 30.1 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1952
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Literature\Socrates  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.156
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7408add6d-ebdc-4d9a-8e7c-1638ffa24cf9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.156