Constantijn huygens john donne biography summary

Huygens' extraordinary gifts as a linguist are well-known, as is the fact that he began to write poems in Latin at the age of eleven and in French at sixteen.

It is told, perhaps apocryphally, that Christiaan Huygens — dropped a stone into the canal next to his house when he was still a boy. There are many degrees of Probable, some nearer Truth than others, in the determining of which lies the chief exercise of our Judgment. This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

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Sir Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer.

Moser, T. Historical Overview of the Life of Christiaan Huygens. In: Walking with Christiaan Huygens. History of Physics. Springer, Cham. Published : 21 March Publisher Name : Springer, Cham. Print ISBN : Online ISBN : Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content:.