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Raffaello: The School of Athens

Raphael: The School of Athens

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Detail: Plato (in the image of Leonardo) and Aristotle
Plato, on the left, points upward toward the "realm of pure ideas."
Aristotle, on the right, gestures out to the material world.
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Detail: Euclid constructing a triangle with a compass
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Detail: Pythagoras
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Detail:  Heraclitus (in the image of Michelangelo)
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