1135

The powers of Nature.

Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature.

Necessity is the theme and the inventress, the eternal curb and law of nature.

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

XIX: Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.

Prayers to God.

1132,

The powers of Nature.

1134,

1135,

1136,

1137,

1138,

Psychology.

1140,

1141,

1142,

1143,

1144,

1145,

1146,

Science, its principles and rules.

1148,

1149,

1150,

1151,

1152,

1153,

1154,

. . .