Meanings
plural ichnographs
- The groundplan for a building.
The analogy between the ichnograph - scenograph relation and the independent - dependent relation between God and particular minds clearly struck Leibniz as most beautiful and appropriate .
2015, Catherine Wilson, Leibniz's Metaphysics: A Historical and Comparative Study, page 681 more example
Like modern conspiracy theorists Natali's characters turn towards the ichnograph for answers, they try to see the world from the perspective of God. Here, Natali confronts his characters with an ironic conundrum, namely that it was the attempt to see the world from the perspective of God that created the alien world in the first place.
(Can we date this quote?), Mark Featherstone, “Cracking Cube: Cryptology And Ichnography”, in University of Victoria
Origin
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ichnograph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichnograph
“ichnograph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichnograph. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ichnograph,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichnograph.
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