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...the reading of good books is like a conversation with the best men of past centuries
René Descartes (1596 -1650), Discourse on the Method
The Library Walk, is a venture launched in 1996 by the New York Public Library, Grand Central Partnership and New Yorker Magazine, in which are embedded in bronze plaques quotes from well-known books, or those dealing with books and literature. The panels designed by artist Gregg LeFevre were laid in 1998 from the New York Public Library building along 41st Street.
The plaque contains a quote from the book of the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes. One of the most important books in the history of modern philosophy that has contributed greatly to the development of the natural sciences. The book is best known for the phrase "I think, therefore I am"
On the plaque appear silhouettes of characters from different periods in history, referring to the quoted sentence that reading a good book parallels conversations with the best characters in history.
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