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Aphorism

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 343 Collections and/or Records:

Heraclitean Variations / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-12595-12827
Scope and Contents

The inscription of this print reads "You cannot step into the same river/revolution twice." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

History of the World in epitome / Russell, Bertrand ; Themerson F., 1962

 Item
Identifier: CC-29593-30963
Scope and Contents

This pacifist text by Russell reads, "Since Adam and Eve ate the apple, man has never refrained from any folly of which he was capable." Franciszka Themerson contributed two charming line drawings, one to the encounter with Eve, the other a cartoon on men waging war. The final page is a photograph of the mushroom plume from explosion of an atomic bomb. The booklet was published by Gaberbocchus Press on the 18th of May 1962 as their contribution to the celebration of Bertrand Russell's ninetieth birthday. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1962

Idiot-Ci, Idiot-La / Filliou, Robert., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-12283-12507
Scope and Contents

Each postcard asks a simple-minded question. The subtitle of this series is "Ample Food for Stupid Thought." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Il Vangelo / Antonio del Donno., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-15982-16317
Scope and Contents

The letters of the text are branded into the wooden planks which are bound by bent metal hinges. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

[In the name of personal change...] / Muhsam, Armin., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-41192-43175
Scope and Contents

The language is English but the font is syled as Baroque German. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Indirect Narration / Power, Nicholas., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-30389-31805
Scope and Contents

This was the fifth publication of Nicholas Power's press. The poems were generated from the text of a Latin grammer. The cover is marred by bleeding from an adjacent photocopied publication. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983