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The School of Athens
Raphael,1509, Fresco
Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican
The main figures in The School of Athens are Plato and Aristotle engaged in a dialogue in the center of the fresco. Plato is holding a copy of Timaeus, and Aristotle a copy of Ethics. Plato is pointing to the heavens in the search of the ideal, and Aristotle is pointing to the Earth looking for answers in nature.
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