. In the midst of antique debris, animal skulls and half-dribe trees the antique philosopher democritus of Abdera is sleeping. In addition to him there are an oil lamp and a heavenly globe. He is in the traditional attitude of sleeping and night: the arm bent over the head. With inscription derived from the preamble of an ode to Horace: Integer Vitae Scelerisque Purus (Hor: Lib. I. OD: 22), who refers to a righteous walks, free from sins.

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