In the middle of the 19th century, treatises on agriculture were considered so complete and practical, to the point of adding a sort of agricultural catechism to defend both good agricultural practices and the household virtues that should be associated. Pierre Antelme, mayor of Saint Cyrien, a small town in the Drôme, wrote a treatise […]
Tag: Human Sciences
The horse in Diderot and d’Alembert
The goal of The Encyclopedia or Reasoned Dictionary of Sciences, Arts and Crafts was “gathering the scattered knowledge on the surface of the earth, exposing the general system to the men with whom we live, and transmit it to men who will come after us”. The first volume of the colossal work of Diderot and […]
The World Horse Library opens its doors
Since time immemorial the horse has accompanied the development of humanity. He has been seen on roads, hooked and mounted, in the field or in the mine, in the conquest of unknown lands, in hunting, in war and then in the circus, in racetracks, and in carousels… It has been an unbreakable server, without peer. […]