Meet the Intellects in 'The School of Athens' by Raphael
Painting: 'The School of Athens' by Raphael Influential figures in this painting: Plato Plato's symbolic gesture of pointing up to the sky resembles his idea of "Theory of Forms" in which he explains that our world , the physical realm, is not real , but rather so the spiritual realm is the truth. Spirituality is where our ultimate reality lies, not in this materialistic world. Aristotle Aristotle places his hand forwards, facing it towards the ground, to symbolize his theory of empiricism. This theory explains that all knowledge comes from sensory experience—smell, touch, sight, taste, and vision. Although Plato and Aristotle are right next to each other, their theories somewhat differ as Aristotle proposed a very humanistic approach to the concept of epistemology—the theory of knowledge. Socrates He is considered the father of philosophy and has taught many including both Plato and Aristotle. Socrates would enlighten people by questioning them endless