Democritus Meditating on the Seat of the Soul

Democritus Meditating on the Seat of the Soul (Démocrite méditant sur le siège de l'âme) is a statue by Léon-Alexandre Delhomme (1841–1895), exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1868.

It shows the Greek philosopher Democritus, his eyes fixed on a skull he holds in his hands.

It is now exhibited in the garden of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon.

On its base is inscribed an extract from the 29th fable of La Fontaine:[1]

This article about a sculpture in France is a stub.