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[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a reference to Rafael's School of Athens. Plato and Aristotle are in the centre of the painting: Plato is pointing upwards to the realm of ideal forms, and Aristotle is pointing forwards, into the empirical world.

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I figured there would be some explanation!